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Quantum mechanics

Quantum mechanics

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18 Sep 2018
Taken from the September 2018 issue of Physics World, under the headline "Noisy work in progress"

Could noise in a quantum system be used to do work? Philip Ball looks at new research that’s attempting to make a feature of a fault, which may also link quantum mechanics to thermodynamics on a fundamental level

Noise doesn’t get good press, but physicists made their peace with it long ago. Typically, it’s

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