Refrigerator cools by flexing artificial muscles (IMAGE)

Saarland University

Refrigerator cools by flexing artificial muscles

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Mini-fridge: There is room for just one small bottle in the world’s first refrigerator that is cooled with artificial muscles made of nitinol, a nickel-titanium alloy. Student Nicolas Scherer (left) and PhD student Lukas Ehl (right) are working on the new cooling system in the team led by professors Stefan Seelecke and Paul Motzki.

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Credit: Oliver Dietze

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