Measurement of the local entropy production of E. coli (left) and the corresponding active Brownian particle simulation (right). The brighter color indicates a larger entropy production. Selected for a Viewpoint in Physics and an Editors’ Suggestion.

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Model-Free Measurement of Local Entropy Production and Extractable Work in Active Matter
Sunghan Ro, Buming Guo, Aaron Shih, Trung V. Phan, Robert H. Austin, Dov Levine, Paul M. Chaikin, and Stefano Martiniani
Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 220601 (2022)

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