Conduction is the direct flow of heat from your warm body into your colder surroundings. In winter, all that heat escaping your body makes you feel cold. Insulation fights conduction by trapping air ...

Even if you’re doing everything right: drinking water, getting sleep, keeping a routine — when the temperatures rise — you can still feel … off. More irritable. More tired. Maybe even more anxious. If ...

This desert plant rewired photosynthesis to thrive at 120°F. Its hot secret could help our essential crops survive climate ...

For two centuries, engineers have trusted a simple rule to predict how heat flows through solids, from jet-engine blades to smartphone chips. Now a set of carefully designed experiments has revealed a ...

As extreme heat claims more lives during ruthless summers in the region, Southern Nevada is upping the ante in its tree planting efforts. But a new study suggests trees alone may not be enough to make ...

With an optimized design in hand, Qian worked with colleague Dan Thoma, a professor of materials science and engineering at UW-Madison, who led the 3D printing of the heat exchanger using a metal ...