Check out this neat little science experiment that you can do at home! Make your own thermometer and customize the color. Full-Time Kid is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App ...

The work identifies an important trade-off between the precision and operating range of such quantum probes, and also describes how they could be used in the lab. The temperature of an everyday object ...

How the Thermometer Works To make their quantum thermometer, the NIST team started by placing rubidium gas in a vacuum chamber.

Quick and simple how to guide for making a homemade thermometer for the kids.

One of the main reasons people watch the weather forecast is to get an idea just how hot or cold it is supposed to be at some time in the future. Many of us have some type of thermometer either ...

Unlike a regular thermometer, this one doesn’t need to be touched or even adjusted. It works based on the laws of quantum physics—and it’s opening a new chapter in how we measure heat.