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A healthy aquarium ecosystem requires very specific conditions, with factors like the salinity and temperature having to be just right to keep said ecosystem happy. As some species are adapted …read more Continue reading Improving an Aquarium Chiller with an Industrial Controller Transplant
Making stuff cool and keeping it that way has been a pretty essential part of human civilization for thousands of years, with only in the past few hundred years man-made …read more Continue reading Strange Ways to Make Cold
Although vapor-compression refrigeration is a simple concept, there are still a lot of details in the implementation of such a system that determines exactly how efficient it is. After making …read more Continue reading Testing Refrigerants and Capillary Tubes to Find Peak Performance
Elastocaloric materials are a class of materials that exhibit a big change in temperature when exposed to mechanical stress. This could potentially make them useful as solid-state replacement for both …read more Continue reading Using a Solid-State Elastocaloric Cooler to Freeze Water
Keeping a cool head is difficult at the best of times, least of all when it’s summer and merely thinking of touching bare skin to the pavement already gets you …read more Continue reading Making a DIY Refrigerated Vest With Battery and Solar Power
It’s often said that the best science experiments are the ones which do not require any special devices or ingredients, which makes the use of what naturally comes out of …read more Continue reading How to Refrigerate With Urine
Every time we check in with [Hyperspace Pirate] he’s trying to make things cold. Really cold. His recent two-part video shows a propane vapor compression system that can go down …read more Continue reading Two Stage Refrigerator is Chill
Anker has already established itself as a major player in portable power, and now it’s used that expertise to launch a more convenient RV and camping fridge. Unlike the portable fridge/freezers that are tied to a vehicle battery or separate portable po… Continue reading Anker portable fridge chills camp with swappable lithium pack
Widespread use of refrigerators is a hallmark of modern society, allowing people to store food and enjoy ice and cold beverages. However, a typical refrigerator uses gasses that are not …read more Continue reading Salty Refrigeration is Friendly to the Environment
Heating and cooling systems are among the biggest guzzlers of energy, contributing to a vicious cycle of climate change that then drives higher use of heating and cooling. Now engineers at Berkeley Lab have developed a new technology that heats and coo… Continue reading Ionic cooling system melts and freezes material to cycle temperature