temperature
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Now, researchers at Stanford University have developed a nanoscale optical device that functions at room temperature while linking the quantum properties of light and electrons.
From Science Daily • May 30, 2026
It’s something I’ve never witnessed, and I’ve heard it’s a supernatural experience: The temperature drops, the sky becomes otherworldly, and you can see the ring of the sun’s outer atmosphere against it.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
The simulation provided detailed temperature and precipitation data, which researchers fed into the Penn State University ice-sheet-ice-shelf model.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
"They can do naturally well in usual room temperature, because they'll seek out those additional sources of heat, such as your fridge motors and your, sort of, your humid areas."
From BBC • May 28, 2026
The temperature dropped and the wind kept up, sluicing water over their bows.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
Vocabulary lists containing temperature
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Weather and Climate - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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