A new study published in Science shows that these plants—called cycads—use infrared radiation from heat as a signal to ...

Heat is not supposed to behave like this. In everyday life, warmth seeps and diffuses, spreading from hot to cold in a slow, ...

Intriguingly, this is what’s known as the “Ben Franklin effect”: when, after doing someone a favor, you actually begin to ...

For nearly two centuries, textbooks blamed icy spills on pressure and friction, but new simulations tell another story. The ...

A new University of British Columbia study published in Urban Climate finds that people waiting at bus stops they find ...

For many around the world, keeping an apartment this warm in winter would be unaffordable, or at least not recommended in the light of climate challenges, but Jiang does not get heat from a ...

Now, researchers at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and the Abdus Salam International ...

This video explains why certain animals sploot, a behavior where they stretch out flat to release excess body heat. It explores the biological mechanics that make this position an effective cooling ...

With an EV, you're unlikely to achieve the stated mileage unless you adjust your driving habits and learn the subtleties of ...

NEW DELHI – In an effort to combat rising temperatures in Gujarat, hundreds of homes in Ahmedabad have received a new “cool roof” treatment, where their rooftops are painted with a white reflective ...

Abstract: Urban thermal environment (UTE) issue has reduced the quality of life for residents, and urban green spaces (UGs) can effectively improve the UTE. However, at a fine scale, the cooling ...

Tweens are at the age when action figures and Barbies might have been put away and the teen years are swiftly approaching, so ...