Building regulations in the UK have long been moving towards favouring more airtight homes that are much better at retaining heat. Effective insulation minimises the rate at which heat is lost from a home, reducing energy bills and enabling homeowners ...

Research Frontiers, a New York based research company, has developed a “Smart Glass” that can regulate the level of incoming light through windows. The company developed and patented a film technology called Suspended Particle Devices (SPD) that can vary the ...

Scientists from Penn State University have designed the future of refrigerators and other cooling devices through magnetic field refrigeration. The investigation pertaining to electrically induced heat effects of some ferroelectric polymers might remove electrically powered refrigerators and their compressors and ...

Researchers at Purdue University are developing a miniature refrigeration system, small enough to fit inside laptop computers. According to the researchers, the implementation of miniature refrigeration systems in computers can dramatically increase the amount of heat removed from the microchips, ...

Researchers from the Argonne National Laboratory have developed an infrared camera that can take a thermal image of the head and neck area of cancer patients. The images will help medical staff predict which patients are likely to develop severe ...

An open-source engineering project is currently under development in Canada. The project aims to create a new power plant design that will use a combination of solar and geothermal energy for use in more distant locations without polluting the environment. ...

Give up? The Domino’s a… radiator to heat the modern home – living room, bedroom, bathroom – or office by the Italian heating manufacturer Tubor. But that’s not all. Renowned designer Matteo Thun, with assistance somewhere along the way from ...