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Smithsonian Magazine: The quest to build a functional, energy-efficient refrigerator that works in space

Smithsonian Magazine interviewed BioServe Research Associate Tobias Niederwieser for a new article on refrigerators aboard the International Space Station and other spacecraft in Low Earth Orbit. Niederwieser led work on BioServe's ISS FRIDGE, which has been...

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