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The use of environmentally damaging gases in air conditioners and refrigerators could become redundant if a new kind of heat pump lives up to its promise. A prototype, described in a study published last week in Science1, uses electric fields and a special ceramic instead of alternately vaporizing a refrigerant fluid and condensing it with a compressor to warm or cool air.
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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-03595-1
Li, J. et al.Science 382, 801–805 (2023).
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