The coldest and densest molecular gas clouds in the interstellar medium can have temperatures of 10 K (-505 °F/-263 °C), ...

Try as they might, scientists can’t truly rid a space or an object of its energy. But what “zero-point energy” really means ...

Instead of superconducting circuits cooled to near absolute zero, photonic systems use light particles as qubits.

The fifth state of matter—the ultracold Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC)—has been an invaluable tool in unlocking the secrets ...

Helium-3 discovery in Minnesota is sparking big energy claims, but the science, rarity, and real-world limits matter more ...

Scientists have worked hard to make things as cold as possible, and they have gotten down to 0.00000000004 K, but getting rid ...

In the future, quantum computers are anticipated to solve problems once thought unsolvable, from predicting the course of ...

What I am looking at is not just the most powerful computer in the world, but technology pivotal to financial security, ...

A new adaptive metaskin hides objects from thermal cameras in both hot and cold environments, automatically adjusting its ...

When scientists repeatedly drove a strongly interacting quantum system with laser “kicks,” they expected it to heat up and ...

Zero-point energy sits at a strange crossroads between hard physics and science fiction, promising limitless power from the ...

A new study in Nature Physics has turned an old problem on its head by reporting a way to use the noisy interactions between ...