Yes. There are a number of papers proposing a counter-intuitive environment-to-system heat energy concentration based on non-thermal entropy exchanges (e.g. from spin baths) and/or taylored quantum measurement wavefunction collapses.
Also, the anomalous effects surrounding lightning may be relevant: Lightning strikes produce free neutrons, and were not sure how - Low energy neutrons not due to cosmic rays or any other previously known source. http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/03/nuclear-lightening/ Observation of thundercloud-related gamma rays and neutrons in Tibet http://arxiv.org/pdf/1204.2578.pdf -- Lou Pagnucco Jones Beene wrote: > Well, it would not be nonsense if there was gain from the zero point > field. > > That kind of gain is expected to carry ambient heat with it - with the > side > effect of cooling the surroundings. > > From: James Bowery > > Well, of course he would retract the nonsense about ambient energy. > > [...]
