Heat pumps are the most energy-efficient way of controlling indoor temperature. By moving heat between locations, they avoid the inefficiencies of generating heat in the first place. But that doesn’t ...

We're caught in a vicious circle of facing increasing temperatures across the planet, and combating that with air conditioning – which in turn causes global warming. A problem worth throwing a whole ...

A new UCLA-developed cooling device made of six thin layers of nanotube-coated polymer films about one-quarter of an-inch thick. UCLA materials scientists have developed a compact cooling technology ...