molten

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Extreme ultraviolet lithography machines, as they are known, shoot lasers into molten tin to create EUV light, which doesn’t exist naturally on earth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

Known as a mantle plume, this steady column of molten rock originates far below the surface.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026

These factors could help molten lava quickly form a thick insulating crust once it flows away from its source, preserving broad underground channels.

From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2026

It's unclear what started the fires, but to put them out, workers had to remove tonnes of "molten lava" from deep below the surface.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

Caesar pictured his father cutting cane in a Florida hell, burning his flesh as he stooped over the big kettles of molten sugar.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead