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Nature 416, 33 (7 March 2002) | doi:10.1038/416033a
Daedalus: Solid cooling
David Jones
The world's domestic refrigerators and air-conditioners all work on the same principle. A liquid is evaporated under low pressure, absorbing the latent heat of evaporation.
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