In the spring of 2016, the lab freezers at the University of Alberta failed, melting 13% of the geological ice cores stored there, and leaving a 22,000-year gap in geologic knowledge. Several years ...

The core of a refrigeration system is the compressor that is designed to pump cool refrigerant gas from the evaporator into the condenser. To accomplish this task, the compressor raises the ...

Fran scrutinises over 100 fridges, freezers and fridge freezers a year, to help you know what's hot, and what's – thankfully – not. When your fridge freezer is playing up, you want it working again ...

Although ultra-low temperature (ULT) freezers are specifically designed to work between -86°C and -45°C, they often work at a set temperature of -70°C or -80°C. These freezers can last for about 12 to ...

AD: The quality of your laboratory’s sample store is reliant in part on the effective maintenance of a consistently low temperature, especially when the freezer is likely to undergo multiple ...