By 
Lina Marieth Hoyos
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TED-Ed Original

What is the coldest thing in the world?

The coldest materials in the world aren't in Antarctica or at the top of Mount Everest. They're in physics labs: clouds of gases held just fractions of a degree above absolute zero. Lina Marieth Hoyos explains how temperatures this low give scientists a window into the inner workings of matter, and allow engineers to build incredibly sensitive instruments that tell us more about the universe. [TED-Ed Animation by Adriatic Animation]

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