From: redOrbit on Tue, Jul 20 2010 8:12 PM

Can light-colored rooftops and roads really curb carbon emissions and combat global climate change? The idea has been around for years, but now, a new study by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory that is the first to use a global model to study the question has found that implem...

From: MIT World on Tue, Oct 13 2009 6:54 PM

Researchers have known for some time that the neurotransmitter dopamine is centrally involved in learning and working memory, Roshan Cools tells us, and that dopamine-responsive circuits connect these parts of the human brain to other structures like the striatum, which also helps orchestrate mo...

From: YouTube on Fri, Jan 25 2008 7:14 PM

weird but cool inventions, most from japan

From: YouTube on Tue, Jan 22 2008 8:46 AM

This machine can cool a can of soft drink from room temperature (70 ºF) to drinking temperature (45 ºF) in less than 30 seconds for 5 cents per can. It does not fizz when opened and is cold and refreshing. It uses liquid CO2 to create dry ice, which cools the beverage, which could be anything fr...