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Quantum interference heats up

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A thermal effect predicted more than 40 years ago was nearly forgotten, while a related phenomenon stole the limelight. Now experimentally verified, the effect could spur the development of heat-controlling devices. See Letter p.401

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Figure 1: A direct-current superconducting quantum interference device (d.c.-SQUID).

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  1. Raymond W. Simmonds is in the Quantum Metrology Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA.,

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Simmonds, R. Quantum interference heats up. Nature 492, 358–359 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/492358a

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