cryogenic

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Recent Examples of cryogenic 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 Doctors hands removing embryo samples from cryogenic storage, Fertilized embryos are stored in liquid nitrogen filled tanks to keep them as new if patients require them at a later date. Aria Bendix, NBC news, 8 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 See All Example Sentences for cryogenic
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Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • The achievement allows particles to be studied in significantly ‘purer’ quantum states without requiring ultracold temperatures.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • But even in that mode, the rover must balance battery conservation against subfreezing temperatures.
    Niraj Chokshi, New York Times, 13 June 2018
Adjective
  • While adults die in cold weather, their eggs can survive freezing temperatures until the return of spring.
    Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 30 Aug. 2025
  • While adults die in cold weather, their eggs can survive freezing temperatures until the return of spring.
    John Tufts, IndyStar, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • Austin, Texas, United States Head to a frozen arctic adventure in Austin, Texas at Zoocade, the first holographic zoo to open in the United States.
    Miriam Porter, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The Polar Museum covers everything from early hunting expeditions to Amundsen’s polar achievements, while the Tromsø Museum offers insight into Sami culture and the natural phenomenon of the northern lights.
    David Nikel, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Warned To Avoid Sun Amid 'Dangerously Hot Conditions' The National Weather Service explains that the polar vortex is a persistent low-pressure system of cold air around the Earth's poles.
    Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • From island flavors at the Caribbean Beach Resort to the splash zones of Typhoon Lagoon and the icy adventures at Blizzard Beach, there’s still plenty of time to soak up every last drop of the summer.
    Martie Bowser, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • From sweltering summer afternoons to rainy days and icy winters, there are plenty of times when heading outside just isn’t an option.
    Kelsey Monstrola, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • That clearance, completed in 34 days, is a brisk pace in an often glacial government bureaucracy and marks the final checkpoint before publication in the Federal Register, which will carry the effective date.
    Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Or grab a paddle board and glide over English Bay at sunset, or discover the coastal mountains on trails that end at glacial lakes in Garibaldi Park, and hour’s drive from Vancouver.
    The Editors, Outside, 31 Aug. 2025

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