atmospheric pressure
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They have also noticed a drop in atmospheric pressure over the central Pacific compared with the western Pacific.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
A traditional nuclear power plant uses water to cool the reactor core, but Newcleo’s design would instead use liquid lead, which has a higher boiling point and allows operations at atmospheric pressure.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Researchers sorted each day in the dataset into one of five weather patterns based on atmospheric pressure, humidity, wind, and temperature.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
Today, the plant is still buzzing with life: Nuclear fission, in the deep heart of the plant, continues to superheat water to 600 degrees at 150 times atmospheric pressure.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2024
With a copy of the Continuation in his hands, Newcomen would have known almost everything that Papin knew about how to harness atmospheric pressure to build an engine.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
