Hacker News with Generative AI: Refrigeration

Kimchi refrigerator (wikipedia.org)
A kimchi refrigerator is a refrigerator designed specifically to meet the storage requirements of kimchi and facilitate different fermentation processes.
Food Preservation, Kimchi, Refrigeration
83 points by tosh 10 days ago | 46 comments
Plastic crystals could replace greenhouse gases used in refrigerators (techxplore.com)
A team of chemical engineers at Deakin University, working with colleagues from the University of Western Australia, the University of Sydney and Monash University, all in Australia, has found that a type of plastic crystal can be used as a refrigerant, possibly replacing the greenhouse gas currently used in most refrigerators.
Refrigeration, Chemistry, Materials Science, Sustainability, Environment
10 points by geox 13 days ago | 2 comments