Even at absolute zero, the lowest temperature possible, nothing has zero energy. In these conditions, particles and fields are in their lowest energy state, with an energy proportional to Planck’s constant.
Read the latest Quantum Shorts flash fiction submissions here as they arrive. There will be a small space-time discontiuum as humans review the stories, so please be patient if you are waiting for your submission to appear. We also recommend dipping into our fiction archives, presenting the shortlists of four previous competitions.