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Scientists discover metals that defy the deep freeze at -424°F • Oct. 31, 2026, 8:48 AM ET (Science Daily)

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A vertical temperature scale shows the cryogenic region, highlighted from absolute zero up to about 90 kelvin, with key points where gases like oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, and helium liquefy, alongside temperature conversions between kelvin, Celsius, Fahrenheit, and Rankine.

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Italian physicist Guglielmo Marconi at work in the wireless room of his yacht Electra, c. 1920.

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