A New Hope for Malayan Tigers

Chopped up into four parts and stored in a refrigerator, forest rangers were aghast with their findings in a house in the Tumpat district of Kelantan.

Feature: Review: Microsoft Hohm and a whole-house power monitor

Microsoft's Hohm energy efficiency and tracking service, still in beta, has a unique sense of style. Who expects a discussion about insulation R-values to involve pirate jokes? "What do pirates look for in attic insulation?" Hohm asks. "The arrrr value! Insulation R-value measures how well a material stops heat flow, the higher the better." This can be a bit jarring at first—are the sorts of ...

The tin can revolution: The humble invention that changed the way we live

There are certain objects which stay the course of changing fashion, outlast the generation that conceived them and become part of our landscape – both internal and external. The red postbox on the street corner, for example, or the Tower of London standing proud on the banks of the Thames – few would question the status of these objects in our collective consciousness. But what about the less ...

Tiny Fridge Gets Near Absolute Zero

A new study proposes a way to construct the smallest refrigerator yet, based on just a few particles and capable of cooling to near absolute zero. The study, which will appear in an upcoming issue of Physical Review Letters , pushes the limits of how small a cooling device can get and still remain functional. "When thermodynamics was first invented, it was applied to big, steam-engine sorts of ...

Very tiny, very cool

Physicists propose way to build ?refrigerator? using just a handful of particles

When Sacramento sizzles, ice plant keeps the "chill" in summer

SACRAMENTO - With Sacramento sweltering under triple-digit heat, American Ice Company on Del Paso Blvd. can still put the chill in a summer day the way its done for nearly 100 years.