The research team will be showcasing their prototype mini fridge at this year's Hannover Messe and demonstrating how the elastocaloric effect can be used for cooling. PhD students Lukas Ehl (left ...

More information: Guoan Zhou et al, Achieving kilowatt-scale elastocaloric cooling by a multi-cell architecture, Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08549-9 Provided by Hong Kong University of ...

Researchers have created an advanced refrigeration device that combines eco-friendliness with unprecedented cooling efficiency. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) team ...

Video showing live operation of a multi-mode elastocaloric cooler (at 10x speed). Superelastic NiTi tube bundles are compressed using hydraulic actuators. In this configuration, there are two top ...