Warming

It’s a basic fact that temperatures drop at night, damaging crops, equipment and infrastructure. Scientists have created a new film that selectively absorbs and reflects different wavelengths of infrared light to efficiently keep objects warm.

To develop a heat-trapping fabric, researchers looked to polar bears, who thrive in incredibly low temperatures. The secret, they found, has to do with a relationship between the bears' hollow translucent hair and the black skin that lies beneath.

Keep your mouse hand warm all winter with this warming mouse pad.

The Infant Warmer is a sleeping bag-like device that uses a phase-change material to keep premature infants at a proper body temperature for up to four hours, without electricity.

Sanyo has launched the egg-shaped eneloop kairo hand-warmers in time for winter. The single-sided and double-sided models fit easily into a handbag or pocket and have rechargeable batteries and make gloves almost obsolete.