Last year, scientists at the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) revealed they were working on ultrasonic clothes drying technology in partnership with GE Appliances. At the ...

The clothes dryer is a staple in the majority of American households, but the heat-it-up-and-tumble method is sorely inefficient and extremely expensive. A new ultrasonic dryer concept forgoes the ...

When it comes to household energy sucks, the electric clothes dryer reigns supreme. Imagine getting a load of laundry completely dry in just 20 minutes, with 70 percent less energy. That’s what this ...

A typical clothes dryer works the same way dryers have worked for decades–blowing hot air in an energy-sucking process that costs Americans $9 billion a year. A new prototype uses sound waves instead, ...

Clothes dryers are great, and a key part of modern life, but they do use a lot of energy. [Mike Rigsby] decided to see if there was a more efficient method of drying clothes that could compete with ...

NEW YORK — The clothes dryer is a staple in the majority of American households, but the heat-it-up-and-tumble method is sorely inefficient and extremely expensive. A new ultrasonic dryer concept ...

Drying your clothes can be the most energy-consuming things you do in your home. Not to mention dryer heat frequently ruins and shrinks precious clothes. Enter the next generation of clothes dryers.

Waiting an hour for your clothes to dry can feel tedious. But scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee have developed a dryer that could make doing laundry much quicker. Called the ...

Forget heat—drying laundry is about cranking up the volume. At least, that’s how it goes in a lab at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where researchers have built an ultrasonic clothes dryer that uses ...

PHILADELPHIA (CNN) --The clothes dryer is a staple in the majority of American households, but the heat-it-up-and-tumble method is sorely inefficient and extremely expensive. A new ultrasonic dryer ...

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