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Theoretical research into quantum information engines that surpass the classical Carnot limit has exploded these past 10 years, but experiments so far have almost exclusively been the realm of the optics community. To help advance the field, and to develop solutions that might help our energy-dependent global society navigate the planetary crises, it’s high time that physicists working on atom-level electronics join the game.