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Physicists have developed a new method to detect quantum entanglement by measuring anomalous heat flow, which can serve as a non-destructive thermometer for quantumness, leveraging the unique properties of quantum mechanics to potentially improve quantum computing and explore gravity's quantum nature.
Researchers have demonstrated that quantum effects can cause heat to flow from cold to hot, contrary to classical thermodynamics, and this phenomenon can be used as a diagnostic tool to detect quantum properties like superposition and entanglement without destroying them, revealing deep connections between thermodynamics and information theory.
Researchers have developed a new understanding of entanglement manipulation by introducing an 'entanglement battery,' demonstrating that entanglement can be reversibly manipulated, akin to thermodynamic processes, which could lead to fundamental advances in quantum technology and theory.