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Engineering
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To prevent groundwater from mixing with radioactive debris, geotechnical engineering froze the subsoil to create an impermeable barrier of rock and ice.
Science and technology
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When cooled below -271 °C, helium enters a state where viscosity completely vanishes and classical laws cease to apply.
Nature
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Able to withstand extreme temperatures as low as -16 °C in the subarctic, this amphibian turns its body into a block of ice without suffering cellular damage.