When the cleaner shut off a circuit breaker on Sept. 17, 2020, the freezer was storing cell cultures, samples and other research elements at minus-112 degrees Fahrenheit. CHARTER SCHOOLS OUTPERFORM PUBLIC SCHOOLS: REPORT"This freezer is beeping as it is under repair. Lakshmi's lab is located in the research center, where her materials were stored in the freezer at a temperature of minus-112 degrees Fahrenheit. Alarms were set to go off at minus-108.4 degrees Fahrenheit and minus-115.6 degrees Fahrenheit as a swing above or below those numbers could damage or destroy the samples. Lakshmi's graduate research staff discovered on Sept. 18, 2020, the day after the cleaner cut electricity to the freezer, that the temperature had risen.

Source: Fox News June 26, 2023 18:08 UTC