Refrigerator

Aerofoil technology has the potential to significantly cut down supermarket energy consumption (Photo: Williams Advanced Engineering)

Environment

Williams uses F1 tech to increase refrigerator efficiency

A new aerodynamic device has the potential to reduce the energy consumption of supermarket refrigerators by up to 41.5 percent. The product can be clipped onto existing cabinets, making it easy for companies to upgrade their stores.

A bottle of beer is cooled using the new magnetic refrigeration system developed by GE

Science

Your next fridge could keep cold more efficiently using magnets

GE researchers have developed a new type of refrigeration technology using magnets that is more environmentally friendly and is predicted to be 20 to 30 percent more efficient that current technology ... and could be in household fridges by the end of the decade.

Panasonic has unveiled its new A+++ rated two-door refrigerator, the NR-B55VE1

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Panasonic unveils world's most energy-efficient two-door refrigerator

Panasonic has unveiled a brand new refrigerator which is reported to be the most energy-efficient two-door model, worldwide.

Koji Usami holding the semiconductor nanomembrane inside its holder

Science

Laser refrigerator cools to 4 degrees above absolute zero

Researchers have succeeded in using a new form of laser cooling to chill a semiconducting membrane to four degrees above absolute zero - the temperature of liquid helium.