Applied Science takes on Einstein's refrigerator with alcohol and 3D printing

Ben Krasnow's heat-powered cooling project arrives as the channel's daily views climb far beyond their usual pace.

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Why this story? The whole channel is running at 153,822 views a day, 15 times a normal day (10,489).

3D-printed, alcohol-powered, Einstein-Szilard absorption refrigerator

Cooling something down by supplying heat sounds backward. That is the principle behind Applied Science's new project, which brings 3D printing and alcohol power to a refrigerator design associated with Albert Einstein and fellow physicist Leo Szilard.

Ben Krasnow's upload, "3D-printed, alcohol-powered, Einstein-Szilard absorption refrigerator," arrived October 28. The channel has since recorded roughly 154,000 views in a day, nearly fifteen times its usual daily pace. That is a channel-wide jump, not a count for the refrigerator video alone.

Einstein and Szilard patented their refrigerator design in 1930. Unlike the compressor-driven appliance familiar from most kitchens, their approach used heat to drive cooling without moving mechanical parts. The famous name is a hook, but the engineering question is interesting on its own: how can adding heat help carry heat away?

It is also familiar territory with a different mechanism for Krasnow. His 2016 upload, "A refrigerator that works by stretching rubber bands," remains among Applied Science's most watched regular videos. That project explored the temperature changes that accompany stretching rubber. This time, the title puts an old absorption-refrigerator design alongside a much newer fabrication tool: 3D printing.

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The numbers

Applied Science's daily views are running well above their usual pace following the refrigerator upload.

views per day, whole channel

typical day

10,489

now

153,822

subscribers

890,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

87,746,079

views per day

153,822

typical day: 10,489

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Applied Science

890,000

Reactions

888,000

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844,000

WeatherAdam

835,000

Cosmoknowledge

826,000

Fun Science

825,000

As of October 30, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

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