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Recent Examples of cryogenic
Among other things, research hardware aboard the Cygnus XL spacecraft will study the production of semiconductor crystals in microgravity and demonstrate a new way to keep cryogenic propellants properly conditioned during long-duration spaceflight.
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Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent breakthroughs are showing promise, however, including probiotic treatments and even appropriately Star Wars-esque cryogenic preservation techniques.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 Sep. 2025
SpaceX sought a similar cadence before Flight 10, but mishaps during Starship's upper stage testing for Ship 36 caused an explosion on the test stand during cryogenic fueling.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
But the cryogenic chemistry here might be less relevant than cold mathematics.
—Adam Rogers, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2025
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Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent breakthroughs are showing promise, however, including probiotic treatments and even appropriately Star Wars-esque cryogenic preservation techniques.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 Sep. 2025
SpaceX sought a similar cadence before Flight 10, but mishaps during Starship's upper stage testing for Ship 36 caused an explosion on the test stand during cryogenic fueling.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
But the cryogenic chemistry here might be less relevant than cold mathematics.
—Adam Rogers, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cryogenic
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Drifting With the Ice In subzero temperatures, under the dark of polar night, nearly 100 people drifted on a piece of ice for close to a year.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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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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There, the trio tinkered with ultracold electronics to show that unruly quantum effects could be made macroscopic and controlled.—
Dan Garisto,
Scientific American,
7 Oct. 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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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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These tender plants can’t survive freezing temperatures, so they are often grown as annuals in areas with cold winters.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
23 Oct. 2025
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Prepare for the freezing weather All residents in counties included on the freeze warning should take precautions to ensure people, pets, plants and pipes are not impacted by the cold.—
Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
23 Oct. 2025
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Surprisingly, several glaciers are hidden in the mountains (four were only just discovered in 2010), along with numerous relict arctic plants from the last ice age.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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But Steve Considine, a National Weather Service meteorologist in White Lake Township, warned that the report does suggest occasional bone-chilling arctic blasts and possibly more snow or rain than usual.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Its replacement, the Longitude Act, which incentivized both polar exploration and improvements to navigation, had the effect of aligning the goals of scientific and military personnel.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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Jennifer’s Body follows two polar opposite best friends, the outgoing Jennifer and bookish Needy (Amanda Seyfried), whose friendship takes a turn when the former embarks on a murderous rampage of her male classmates.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
26 Oct. 2025
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The combination of snow and strong winds is expected to reduce visibility, create slick and icy roads—particularly on bridges and overpasses—and potentially down trees or branches.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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The composite image shows the nucleus or icy, rocky central core of 3I/ATLAS as a large and black dot, along with a white glow — the comet's coma, or atmosphere.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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If such a enormous volume of rock, soil and debris falls into a deep body of water, whether a glacial lake or the ocean, the result is a dangerous tsunami.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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The rugged, zigzagging massif is the result of the collision of the African and Eurasian tectonic plates about 100 million years ago and later massive glacial activity in the Pleistocene epoch.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Cryogenic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cryogenic. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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