Did you know Albert Eistein wanted to make a fridge? Seriously. The greatest brain in modern physics dedicated a lot of time in trying to create a long lasting, energy efficient, environmentally ...

Aug. 9, 2001 — -- Imagine this: You're the world's greatest super-genius. You've won the Nobel Prize. You probably have better things to do than design refrigerators. But that's exactly what ...

"A great deal of what's in your fridge absolutely does NOT need to be there." The idea has generated some interest in Western Europe, too. Last fall, scientists at Oxford University in England revived ...

Albert Einstein is perhaps best-known for his theory of relativity. But he and his former student, the Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard, also came up with a design for a fridge – the so-called Einstein ...

In an attempt to improve a design that was potentially dangerous, physicists Leó Szilárd and Albert Einstein patented what has become known as the Einstein refrigerator. In 1922, Swedish engineering ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." One of the most influential scientists of the 20 th century, Albert Einstein is well-known for developing ...

Given how large the green bandwagon has become, it's no real shock to see an energy-saving concept from the 1930s being exhumed and investigated further. Scientists at Oxford University have begun to ...

High school teacher Silverman, who created a Web site for his students that gained widespread popularity, returns with a second volume (after Einstein's Refrigerator) of strange-but-true tales. With ...