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This cake is best slightly underbaked so the center is molten like a lava cake.
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
To bring sand to its molten state, the furnace must be heated to over 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit (1,500 degrees Celisus) for as long as 50 hours, which requires burning fossil fuels such as natural gas, releasing greenhouse gases.
—Aki Ishida, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
This represents a next-gen nuclear tech in which the fuel is mixed with the molten salt, unlike traditional reactors that rely on solid fuels.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
These processes created microscopic craters and splashes of molten rock on the asteroid's surface, according to the paper.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
To bring sand to its molten state, the furnace must be heated to over 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit (1,500 degrees Celisus) for as long as 50 hours, which requires burning fossil fuels such as natural gas, releasing greenhouse gases.
—Aki Ishida, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
This represents a next-gen nuclear tech in which the fuel is mixed with the molten salt, unlike traditional reactors that rely on solid fuels.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
These processes created microscopic craters and splashes of molten rock on the asteroid's surface, according to the paper.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Molten.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/molten. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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molten
adjective
mol·ten
ˈmōlt-ᵊn 
: melted especially by very great heat
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