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Recent Examples of cryogenic
Vibrate all that complicated cryogenic plumbing too much, and very bad things happen.
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Adam Rogers, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2025
The Starship vehicle SpaceX assigned to the next flight, designated Ship 36, exploded on a test stand in Texas as teams filled it with cryogenic propellants for an engine test-firing.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 Aug. 2025
In space, the crew of the Maginot (whose name forebodingly references France’s expensive but futile World War II Nazi defense) awakens from years of cryogenic slumber in preparation for a return to Earth.
—Judy Berman, Time, 5 Aug. 2025
The change of states in tantalum disulfide by the use of temperature only is important because laser technologies are more expensive and harder to embed in electronics than non-cryogenic cooling techniques, says De la Torre.
—Meghie Rodrigues, IEEE Spectrum, 23 July 2025
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Adam Rogers, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2025
The Starship vehicle SpaceX assigned to the next flight, designated Ship 36, exploded on a test stand in Texas as teams filled it with cryogenic propellants for an engine test-firing.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 Aug. 2025
In space, the crew of the Maginot (whose name forebodingly references France’s expensive but futile World War II Nazi defense) awakens from years of cryogenic slumber in preparation for a return to Earth.
—Judy Berman, Time, 5 Aug. 2025
The change of states in tantalum disulfide by the use of temperature only is important because laser technologies are more expensive and harder to embed in electronics than non-cryogenic cooling techniques, says De la Torre.
—Meghie Rodrigues, IEEE Spectrum, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cryogenic
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In what’s been called a risky, daring, and heroic mission, a Royal New Zealand Air Force crew flew 2,400 miles in 20 hours in subzero temperatures and total polar darkness to evacuate three American scientists at the McMurdo research station in Antarctica on Aug. 5.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
9 Aug. 2025
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Some places in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky will get subzero wind chill temperatures and anyone who spends too much time outside may be at risk for frostnip, frostbite and hyperthermia.—
Jolene Almendarez,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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The achievement allows particles to be studied in significantly ‘purer’ quantum states without requiring ultracold temperatures.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Aug. 2025
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The biggest challenge is that the property was observed at ultracold temperatures of about 60 kelvins (-351 °F/-213 °C).—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
13 June 2025
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But even in that mode, the rover must balance battery conservation against subfreezing temperatures.—
Niraj Chokshi,
New York Times,
13 June 2018
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The set comes with six lights that are built to withstand year-round weather conditions, including rain and freezing temperatures.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Frost is likely for most places with temperatures in the low to mid 30s, and even some freezing temperatures up north.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
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To date, his concert experience, MindTravel, has performed in over 100 cities around the world—from the deserts of the Middle East to the arctic tundra of Antarctica (the first piano concert of its kind on the continent).—
Anna Haines,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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An aurora provides individuals the opportunity to experience space weather, and many travel to arctic regions to observe it, the Space Weather Prediction Center said.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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The new 12-night journey will launch in the summer of 2027 aboard the company's ice-breaking Le Commandant Charcot ship and is purposely designed to meet demand for a shorter cruise that still celebrates polar exploration, Ponant shared with Travel + Leisure.—
Katie Nadworny,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Sep. 2025
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The melting of the vast polar ice sheets has become a byword for climate change; these giant frozen landscapes hold enough water to cause catastrophic sea level rise and are experiencing alarming changes as temperatures increase.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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And these cars tend to be driven in fair weather, not on icy roads.—
Josh Max,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Just last year, scientists announced the news that New Horizons found the Kuiper Belt—a vast outer zone of hundreds of thousands of small, icy worlds beyond the orbit of Neptune—might extend much farther out than previously thought.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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See the world’s highest glacial palace.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Sep. 2025
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Viral posts present them as a lost civilization’s handiwork; geologists call them nunataks, mountain summits standing above the ice, and, in some cases, glacial horns whose sharp faces were sculpted by erosion.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Cryogenic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cryogenic. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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