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Recent Examples of ultracold
There, the trio tinkered with ultracold electronics to show that unruly quantum effects could be made macroscopic and controlled.
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Dan Garisto, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2025
The achievement allows particles to be studied in significantly ‘purer’ quantum states without requiring ultracold temperatures.
—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
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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Dan Garisto, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2025
The achievement allows particles to be studied in significantly ‘purer’ quantum states without requiring ultracold temperatures.
—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
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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To pull off the single-stage landing and launch back to orbit, both Starship and Blue Moon will need several on-orbit refueling flights, requiring transfer and long-term storage of cryogenic propellants — neither of which capabilities have ever been demonstrated in space.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
13 May 2026
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To investigate the failure process, the team prepared and analyzed battery samples under vacuum and cryogenic temperatures.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Apr. 2026
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As the episode makes clear, fishing this far north comes with brutal conditions, including shallow waters, towering waves and subzero temperatures.—
Deirdre Durkan,
PEOPLE,
7 May 2026
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Crews worked in subzero temperatures to put out the blaze, but despite their best efforts, the building was a total loss.—
Christopher DeRose,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Tropical hibiscus should be brought indoors when temperatures drop below about 55 degrees, while cold-hardy types like Rose of Sharon can tolerate freezing temperatures and overwinter outdoors in zones 5 to 9.—
Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
14 May 2026
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The snow gave way on Saturday to a freezing drizzle, but returned on Sunday and fell through the night.—
Dan Barry,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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Summer, for some, is the perfect excuse to sip icy dirty martinis on a city rooftop.—
Loren Savini,
Allure,
14 May 2026
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There’s been a fierce debate over the past two decades about the status of the distant icy world of Pluto after it was contentiously stripped of its planethood and reclassified as a dwarf planet.—
Chas Newkey-Burden,
TheWeek,
14 May 2026
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There’s the youngest, most freewheeling son’s habit of swilling cold coffee while watching The Gong Show.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Historically, extremely cold temperatures, near absolute zero, were used to put them in a quiet state, which required bulky and expensive systems.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Mercury News,
19 May 2026
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The photo-rich hardcover follows a 1,200-mile odyssey into the heart of the world’s driest non-polar desert, the Atacama Desert in Chile.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 May 2026
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An Arctic Eclipse Experience EYOS Expeditions is offering a voyage into Greenland’s Scoresby Sund aboard the expedition yacht Aqua Lares, a former Class 1 icebreaker refitted for refined polar travel.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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Fans will be able to experience the luggage and accessory pieces first-hand, along with an ice-cold Poppi and more surprises.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
18 May 2026
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An ice-cold lager is probably the classic sauna drink, especially in summer.—
Brad Japhe,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Due to Silfra’s arctic water temperatures of 35 degrees Fahrenheit, we were required to wear warm thermals as our base layer.—
Carinne Geil Botta,
Travel + Leisure,
16 May 2026
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In this case, the brutal arctic winds met Peter I Island, which spun them into these striking shapes.—
Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
12 May 2026
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“Ultracold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ultracold. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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