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Scientists Built the First Engine Powered by Entanglement—Not Coal or Oil

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Chinese scientists have developed a new method from creating a quantum engine by leveraging another kind of quantum quirk: entanglement.

Entanglement is the state that occurs when two particles are in superposition, meaning that their information is inextricably linked.

This new method didn't improve upon previous quantum engines’ conversion efficiency, but the study proved that it can generate useful energy.