raise the temperature

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This approach works by forming microscopic bubbles that collapse and briefly raise the temperature, helping break down the shells.

From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2026

But there actually is a big push to raise the temperature that frozen food is stored at by a couple of degrees.

From Slate • Aug. 27, 2024

For example, by swarming around the hornets and beating their wings very quickly, the bees can raise the temperature high enough to kill the hornets.

From NewsForKids.net • Mar. 4, 2024

He added: "Such dramatic, indeed astonishing, fluctuations in water levels will play havoc with the shoreline ecology, disrupt natural currents within the loch and potentially raise the temperature of Loch Ness."

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2024

As you raise the temperature of a gas, the average molecule moves faster and smashes harder into the walls of its container.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife