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Einstein's green refrigerator making a comeback
Sep 25, 2008 |
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While almost everybody knows how Einstein revolutionized physics with his theories of relativity, many people may not know that the great scientist had a domestic side, too. Well, sort of - in 1930, Einstein ...
A new refrigerator could save you cool cash
Mar 30, 2009 |
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Is your refrigerator eating you out of house and home? Chances are, if it's more than 10 years old, it's gulping enough energy to put a serious hurt on your wallet.
Keep watermelon out of the frig
Jul 31, 2006 |
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Government researchers in Washington advise against storing watermelon in the refrigerator if you want to maximize its health benefits.
Pushing the cold frontier in an orderly fashion
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Physicists are continually reaching new lows as they reduce the temperatures of samples in their laboratories. But even nano-kelvins are not low enough to overcome the entropy (a measure of the disorder in ...
Video: Solar power cools camel-transported vaccines on treks to remote areas
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Video: Professor Winston (Wolé) Soboyejo discusses his camel solar refrigerator project, which may improve vaccine delivery in remote areas of Kenya and Ethiopia.
NIST Micro Sensor and Micro Fridge Make Cool Pair
Apr 15, 2008 |
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have combined two tiny but powerful NIST inventions on a single microchip, a cryogenic sensor and a microrefrigerator. The combination offers ...
'Fridges and washing machines liberated women': researcher
Mar 12, 2009 |
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The advent of modern appliances such as washing machines and refrigerators had a profound impact on 20th Century society, according to a new Université de Montréal study. Plug-in conveniences transformed women's ...
Using an activated-carbon filtering pitcher significantly reduces chemicals in tap water
Nov 02, 2006 |
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A study conducted by Universite Laval researchers concludes that using an activated-carbon filtering pitcher is the most effective way to reduce disinfection by-products in tap water. The results of the study, funded by the ...
Keeping old appliances leaves owners out in the cold
Sep 22, 2005 |
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Holding on to an old refrigerator until it dies might seem economical, but most likely it costs consumers more money than it saves because older refrigerators can consume as much as twice the energy of newer ...
EnergyStar ratings systems may be in need of major updates
Oct 05, 2009 |
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In a sea of energy-guzzling consumer products, the government's EnergyStar sticker is a beacon of light for many energy-conscious consumers. But that little blue square with a star on it might not be so bright after all, ...
A Refrigerator Converts to a Freezer - and Vice Versa
Dec 07, 2004 |
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Siemens is making the separation of refrigeration and freezing functions a thing of the past: In the coolVario series appliances, the refrigerator-freezer combination can be turned into one big refrigerator ...
Research says boiling broccoli ruins its anti-cancer properties
May 15, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of Warwick have found that the standard British cooking habit of boiling vegetables severely damages the anticancer properties of many Brassica vegetables such as broccoli, Brussel sprouts, cauliflower ...
Compressor-free refrigerator may loom in the future
Aug 07, 2008 |
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Refrigerators and other cooling devices may one day lose their compressors and coils of piping and become solid state, according to Penn State researchers who are investigating electrically induced heat effects of some ferroelectric ...
Stuffing the turkey and other Thanksgiving food-safety mistakes
Nov 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- What would a Thanksgiving turkey be without its stuffing, and what better place for that stuffing than inside the turkey? Despite the tradition involved, a food-safety specialist in Penn State's College of ...
A greener way to power cars
Feb 20, 2008 |
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Cardiff University researchers are exploring how waste heat from car exhausts could provide a new greener power supply for vehicles.
