WASHINGTON, April 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology issued the following news: * * * * Scientists have dramatically reduced the time and energy required to chill materials to temperatures near absolute zero. * Their prototype refrigerator could prove a boon for the burgeoning quantum industry, which widely uses ultracold materials. * NIST is now working with an industrial partner to commercialize the refrigerator. * * * By modif  more