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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
Adjective
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SpaceX and Blue Origin both favor cryogenic fuels, like liquid hydrogen or liquid methane.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
9 Feb. 2026
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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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With low temperatures down to the single digits for most in the Northeast and those winds continuing to howl, wind chills will be subzero across all of the Northeast.—
Kyle Reiman,
ABC News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Early morning wind-chills on Sunday will be subzero, but with lighter winds during the afternoon, the wind-chills shouldn't be quite as painful as Saturday.—
Steven Sosna,
CBS News,
2 Feb. 2026
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Fern simultaneously paralyzed both DFW and Charlotte, American’s two largest hubs, with ice and freezing rain.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
16 Feb. 2026
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The freezing cold temperatures that iced out ponds over the last few weeks is good news for some boaters in Massachusetts.—
Alyssa Andrews,
CBS News,
13 Feb. 2026
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The bodies of eight had been left on the icy mountainside, and a final member of the group was still missing, presumed dead among the blanket of snow.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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An awkward moment between OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at an AI Summit Thursday captured the increasingly icy relations between two rival tech leaders who started off as colleagues.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
19 Feb. 2026
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The Gophers and Ducks were both ice cold in the first half, with the U holding an unsightly 22-13 lead.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
18 Feb. 2026
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The Antarctic Ocean is heavily layered, or stratified, to a depth of around 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) because of conflicting properties including colder, denser water from below not readily mixing with fresh water running off melting ice from above.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
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The couple—who got engaged last summer—stepped out for the 2026 Berlinale Film Festival last night; this time, looking equally loved up but embracing complete polar-opposite fashions.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
15 Feb. 2026
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Will the polar vortex come back?—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
14 Feb. 2026
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What goes better together than ice-cold hockey and ice-cold beer?—
Caroline Ritzie,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
15 Feb. 2026
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Yeti Daytrip Insulated Lunch Bag After a long day in the sun and on the trails, there’s nothing like an ice-cold beverage.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Feb. 2026
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Milder weather expected in Maryland A warming trend will begin on Monday afternoon as the worst of this arctic airmass departs.—
Steven Sosna,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 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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“Ultracold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ultracold. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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