A refrigerator usually works quietly in the background, keeping food cold while electricity powers the machinery hidden behind it. But nearly a century ago, Albert Einstein and physicist Leo Szilard ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Physicist Albert Einstein outdoors - Bettmann/Getty Images Whether you know him as the genius who developed the theory of general ...

Many years after he revolutionized the field of physics, Albert Einstein took up a new task: inventing a better refrigerator. The 1930 appliance that he patented in partnership with a former student, ...

They may not deliver the highest efficiency, but absorption refrigerators have earned a persistent place in camper vans and ...

Prof. Albert Einstein, author of the theory of relativity, has turned his attention from the field of abstract physics to the practical problem of refrigeration and has filed patents in Germany and ...