Q: Our two-year-old cooling-heating system doesn’t deliver air well to rooms most distant from the unit. We have a two-story house. We tried closing some of the duct flaps to force more air to the ...

A cool house without air conditioning may soon be possible. Scientists in Singapore have developed a new type of paint that reflects sunlight and cools surfaces by slowly evaporating water. Unlike ...

A new kind of paint might be the key to cooling homes in humid climes like Singapore. Researchers based in the island country found their custom white paint, specially developed to 'sweat,' ...