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Recent Examples of ultracold
The achievement allows particles to be studied in significantly ‘purer’ quantum states without requiring ultracold temperatures.
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Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2025
Its infrared sensors, its ultracold location in space, and its sunshield — which blocks the light of the sun, moon and Earth — are uniquely suited to resolve the first galaxies and their stars.
—Rebecca Boyle, Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
But for now, shipment and long-term preservation still require ultracold temperatures, posing logistical challenges in some countries.
—Nicole Lurie, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2021
The number of ultracold atoms in the resulting Bose-Einstein condensate was measured and fed back to the player as a score.
—Ottó Elíasson, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2019
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Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2025
Its infrared sensors, its ultracold location in space, and its sunshield — which blocks the light of the sun, moon and Earth — are uniquely suited to resolve the first galaxies and their stars.
—Rebecca Boyle, Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
But for now, shipment and long-term preservation still require ultracold temperatures, posing logistical challenges in some countries.
—Nicole Lurie, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2021
The number of ultracold atoms in the resulting Bose-Einstein condensate was measured and fed back to the player as a score.
—Ottó Elíasson, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ultracold
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During the test, teams discovered a hydrogen leak within the rocket's 212-foot core stage while fueling the vehicle with 700,000 gallons of cryogenic propellant, NASA said in a blog post.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
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The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, hosted by the US Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, will soon start building the world’s largest cryogenic particle detector.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Feb. 2026
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On Friday, my colleagues went to cover a protest and sent me quotes from people there, for a story on the rally's massive turnout in downtown Minneapolis, despite the subzero temperatures.—
Meg Anderson,
NPR,
27 Jan. 2026
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The Waukegan Metra Station became the city’s newest warming center Friday, potentially operating around the clock just east of downtown during weather emergencies like last weekend’s subzero temperatures.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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The problem will be Tuesday night when temperatures drop below freezing and re-freezing occurs.—
Michael Autovino,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Despite freezing temperatures, hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets in the days following Pretti’s death, intensifying a standoff between Minnesota officials, federal agents, and activists opposed to the administration’s immigration crackdown.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Jan. 2026
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The rubber insole and bottom make for stable traction on icy and slushy surfaces, too.—
Olivia Dubyak,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Feb. 2026
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These surfaces could be icy and slippery, increasing your risk of a fall and injury.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Feb. 2026
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Temperatures could repeatedly drop well below seasonal averages, with some cold snaps 20 to 30 degrees colder than normal, forecasts suggest.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
3 Feb. 2026
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His family-run nursery specializes in growing cold-hardy citrus trees.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
3 Feb. 2026
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Recent weather extremes in the South and East are examples of what global warming can cause — a warmer Arctic that disrupts the polar vortex and pushes cold weather and snow farther south.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
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Much of the nation has been in an icy envelope of polar air for several weeks.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
7 Feb. 2026
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No deaths were reported in the wrecks, but six deaths inside the five boroughs were blamed on the ice-cold weather that arrived shortly before the snow.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 2026
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Southerners have worked the iconic chocolate-and-vanilla flavor into ice cream, fluff, brownies, and even layer cake, though there’s certainly a time and place for the nostalgic dunking of a cookie straight from the blue Oreo packaging into a glass of ice-cold milk.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
22 Jan. 2026
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Freezing temperatures from arctic air have rested across Cincinnati in recent weeks, with occasional sub-zero lows overnight.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
8 Feb. 2026
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As an arctic cold front moves over the tri-state area this weekend, with below zero wind chills forecasted with the possibility of more snow, the Mundys hope to get two more days of riding in.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Ultracold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ultracold. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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