Bulky and noisy air-conditioning compressors and refrigerators
may soon be a thing of the past.
With the latest discovery by scientists from Nanyang
Technological University (NTU), current cooling systems which uses refrigerant
harmful to the ozone layer could be replaced by a revolutionary cooling system using
lasers.
This discovery, published and featured on the cover of the
24 January 2013 issue of Nature, the world’s top scientific journal, could also
potentially lead to a host of other innovations. This includes making huge
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines, unwieldy night vision goggles and
satellite cameras - all of which require extreme cooling systems - even more
compact and energy saving.