Microsoft machine brains going into a refrigerator
Microsoft is putting its machine brains into a Liebherr refrigerator.
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News tagged with refrigerant
Physicists reach lowest temperature ever recorded in solids using laser cooling
When most people think about lasers, they usually imagine them generating heat and even setting something on fire. But, for a group of scientists in The University of New Mexico's Department of Physics & Astronomy, lasers ...
General Physics
Aug 2, 2016
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Researchers developing nanotechnology-based applications of hexanal for agriculture
Bananas, mangoes and papayas: these tender tropical fruits are in high demand in export markets and an important livelihood source for producers. But freshness is key because these fruits spoil quickly and damage easily. ...
Ecology
Jun 17, 2016
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Ice wall at Fukushima plant switched on, but will it work?
The operator of Japan's destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant switched on a giant refrigeration system on Thursday to create an unprecedented underground ice wall around its damaged reactors. Radioactive water has been flowing ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 31, 2016
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Hunting for Big Bang neutrinos that could shed new light on the origin of the universe
Big Bang neutrinos are believed to be everywhere in the universe but have never been seen. The expansion of the universe has stretched them and they are thought to be billions of times colder than neutrinos that stream from ...
General Physics
Mar 14, 2016
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Tiny magnets could work in sensors, information encoding
Scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory, in collaboration with a group at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Advanced Light Source and with other researchers ...
General Physics
Oct 27, 2015
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Video: Keeping cool without killing the planet
We've had the delightful benefits of air conditioning and refrigeration for more than a hundred years now. In the early days, dangerous chemicals were used as refrigerants. Eventually, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) were developed.
Other
Jun 11, 2015
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Researcher harnesses energy-efficient pulsed electric fields to preserve milk
Even though much of the population in developing countries is involved in agriculture, food security is virtually out of reach. Often the only resort is to purchase a cow, buffalo, or sheep, to provide a steady supply of ...
Other
May 19, 2015
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Physicists solve low-temperature magnetic mystery: Mechanism of the Kondo Effect unlocked
Researchers have made an experimental breakthrough in explaining a rare property of an exotic magnetic material, potentially opening a path to a host of new technologies. From information storage to magnetic refrigeration, ...
General Physics
Mar 24, 2015
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Intermittently delivered pulsed electric fields technology could replace boiling and refrigeration of milk
Milk is a key element for household food security and provides a stable income to farmers including women, who are usually in charge of taking care of the milk-producing animals in the low-income countries. Currently pathogen ...
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Mar 24, 2015
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