Albert Einstein

11.09.09

Einstein Fridge Makes a Green Return

Oxford scientist to create a green, no-electricity refrigerator based on an aged Einstein patent
By Jaya Jiwatram Posted 09.29.2008 at 11:13 am 7 Comments

It looks like the father of modern physics had more up his sleeve than the theory of relativity. Long after he changed the landscape of modern physics, Albert Einstein and his former student Leo Szilard patented a refrigerator that had no moving parts and used only pressurized gases for cooling. It got overshadowed 20 years later, in the 1950s, when more efficient, if environmentally-damaging, freon-compressors for refrigerators became available.

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Wanted: The Next Einstein

Energetic, original thinker needed immediately for long-term project. Unique opportunity. Salary: modest, with chance of $1-million Nobel Prize supplement
By JR Minkel Posted 08.27.2005 at 1:00 am 0 Comments

Every branch of science has at some point been confronted by a daunting question that stumps progress for years, even decades. How did the continents form? What causes fever? Is there intelligent life beyond Earth?

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