Defrosting surfaces in seconds
In the future, a delayed flight due to ice will be no cause for a meltdown.
Condensed Matter
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Researchers develop superconducting quantum refrigerator
Imagine a refrigerator so cold it could turn atoms into their quantum states, giving them unique properties that defy the rules of classical physics.
Superconductivity
Jun 4, 2019
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Study identifies chemical blends as possible alternative refrigerants
More than a dozen chemical blends could serve as alternative refrigerants that won't heat the atmosphere as much as today's refrigerants do, or catch fire, according to a new computational study by the National Institute ...
Materials Science
May 29, 2019
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Pressure makes best cooling
Phase transitions take place as heat (i.e., entropy) is exchanged between materials and the environment. When such processes are driven by pressure, the induced cooling effect is called the barocaloric effect, which is a ...
Materials Science
Mar 27, 2019
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Freezing electrons makes them get in line
New research published in Nature Communications suggests that electrons in a two-dimensional gas can undergo a semi-ordered (nematic) to mostly-ordered (smectic) phase transition, which has been discussed in physics theory ...
General Physics
Nov 27, 2017
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Microsoft machine brains going into a refrigerator
Microsoft is putting its machine brains into a Liebherr refrigerator.
Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 3, 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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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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Molecular mesh catches a chill: Scientists show how material could cool buildings
Replacing the large chillers that cool hospitals, museums, and other institutions with more energy-efficient systems means using new materials. Scientists are interested in replacing the silica gel used in today's chillers ...
Materials Science
Aug 8, 2014
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The science behind the ice in Disney's Frozen
How much power does Elsa really have? According to Aaron Goldberg, quite a lot.
General Physics
Aug 1, 2014
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