Keeping cool is making the globe hot. The refrigeration technology that keeps your beer frosty, your extra porterhouse frozen and your apartment bearable in July is one of the world's biggest ...

Magnetic refrigerants heat up when they are subjected to a magnetic field because the second law of thermodynamics states that the entropy – or disorder – of a closed system must increase with time.

Besides superfluous features like touchscreens and internal cameras, basic refrigerator technology hasn't changed much in decades. They still chill your milk by way of chemical refrigerants and ...

Engineers and materials scientists at the Milwaukee-based Astronautics Corporation of America recently unveiled the world's first room-temperature refrigerator that gets its chill from a permanent ...

Using materials developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory, researchers have successfully demonstrated the world's first room-temperature, permanent-magnet, magnetic refrigerator.

What if I told you your fridge could be cooled without gas, without chemicals … just magnets? It not only promises higher efficiency, but solves a critical problem with the status quo…yes, a critical ...

The fridge is the most common of common household appliances. Despite improvements in efficiency over the years, they remain one of the biggest users of electricity in the home, relying on chemical ...

The magnets cluttering the face of your refrigerator may one day be used as cooling agents, according to a new theory. A magnetically driven refrigerator would require no moving parts, unlike ...

American scientists have demonstrated an environmentally friendly magnetic refrigerator. For years, researchers have been working on magnetic refrigeration as an alternative to traditional cooling ...

An Ames Laboratory researcher has discovered a new class of magnetic refrigeration materials that could revolutionize air conditioning and refrigeration DOE/Ames National Laboratory January 7, ...

Magnets are big-time materials, finding roles in products ranging from motors to medical-imaging systems. Now, a team of engineers’ improvement of a custom-made magnetic material increases the odds ...

Household fridges and magnets have long had a surface relationship. Now, they may be warming up–actually, cooling off–to a more intimate involvement. Researchers have unveiled a new cooling system ...