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Ultrasmall engines bend second law of thermodynamics

Quantum entanglement may help single atoms drive heat machines

illustration depicting bending the second law of thermodynamics

THE LAWS OF HEAT GO SMALL  Car engines and batteries run because of the second law of thermodynamics, which appears to work, with just a little bending, for ultrasmall engines in the quantum realm as well. 

Mary Kate McDevitt

By Andrew Grant

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