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Recent Examples of ultracold
The biggest challenge is that the property was observed at ultracold temperatures of about 60 kelvins (-351 °F/-213 °C).
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Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 13 June 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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Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 13 June 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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No one was hurt in the incident, which occurred as the Starship spacecraft was standing alone on the test stand being filled with cryogenic propellants for an engine test-firing before being mounted on top of the rocket booster.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
10 Oct. 2025
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Per the contract, Analytical Mechanics Associates, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Ball Aerospace received $600,000 to develop technologies for storing and transferring cryogenic propellants and concepts for cryogenic depots.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
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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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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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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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Persistent winds came first from the South then switched with even colder winds coming from the North.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Starting November 4 at participating Whataburger locations, customers can enjoy the new Frosted Berry Whatafresher, a frosty drink blend featuring sweet blackberry flavor, including real blueberry bursties, and a cloud of cold whip.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
28 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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Back in the day, Lynchburg residents stopped by The Cavalier Store to pick up milk, bread, and other basics, and stay for a quick bite, usually a hot dog and an ice-cold beer.—
Abby Price,
Southern Living,
20 Oct. 2025
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The Dodgers had the bases loaded with two outs when ice-cold Andy Pages came to the plate.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 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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“Ultracold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ultracold. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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