Applying too late leaves plants vulnerable to freezing temperatures.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
8 Nov. 2025
These cuts mean reducing supply budgets in most departments, delaying the purchase of new math curriculum and Chromebooks, freezing hiring for nonclassroom positions and canceling contract agreements that will not disrupt operations.
Gizmodo reports that some whimsical scientists have supercooled their Lego bricks in order to test for heat tolerance.
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Caroline Delbert,
Popular Mechanics,
26 Dec. 2019
Like many hibernating insects, overwintering mosquitoes depend on supercooling, a process by which an animal has the ability to rid its body fluids of impurities that would trigger the formation of ice.
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