National Science Foundation Research: Self Cooling Soda Bottles?

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is one of the U.S. Federal Government's primary agencies for promoting scientific research. With a 2006 budget of $5.5 Billion, NSF is the funding agency for approximately 20% of all federally funded basic research going on in U.S. Colleges and Universities (NSF At a Glance page: http://www.nsf.gov/about/glance.jsp

This press release, issued July 11, 2006, discusses some current research in solar energy. Read the press release to see how it might one day apply to a self-cooling soda bottle!

http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=107086