vacuum
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Keeping super-cold liquid oxygen and methane stable in the vacuum of space, then transferring them between spacecraft, is one of the most demanding engineering challenges in the programme.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Pasqal’s quantum systems use neutral atom technology, in which individual atoms are trapped and manipulated in a vacuum by laser beams.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
“When leaders clearly make the case grounded in freedom, safety and dignity, voters respond. But when they hedge, it creates a vacuum that bad actors fill.”
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
Participants need a safeguard in this regulatory vacuum, and plan sponsors need a fiduciary firewall.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
According to Millis, astronauts might harness the energy in the vacuum to push a spaceship, just as mariners harnessed the wind to drive a frigate.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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