10 Technologies keeping machines alive in the world’s hottest environments
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Extreme heat can destroy electronics, crack metals, and break down lubricants, pushing engineers to develop layered protection strategies. Modern solutions include liquid immersion cooling for data centers, ceramic matrix composites for jet engines, ablative shields for spacecraft, and silicon carbide semiconductors that survived 521 hours at 460°C under simulated Venus conditions.
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