Reaching the ultra-low temperatures required for quantum computing and advanced cryogenic research traditionally meant filling a room with a complex tangle of tubes and wires and staffing it with teams of PhD scientists. Now, thanks to a new system currently being housed at Colorado School of Mines, you just need a fridge.

The Maybell Quantum Big Fridge can create the world’s coldest environment – roughly 270 times colder than deep space and 200,000 times colder than the coldest weather ever recorded on Earth – while looking more like a kitchen appliance than a scientific instrument. 

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