Robust sensors now handle the heat, pressure, and vibration found in deep-well oil drilling and other harsh environments. A growing industrial demand concerns sensors able to withstand harsher ...

Excess heat from electronic or mechanical devices is a sign or cause of inefficient performance. In many cases, embedded sensors to monitor the flow of heat could help engineers alter device behavior ...

The ability to sense heat protects the body from burns and injury. But how the body actually feels temperature has remained an elusive mystery. Now, Northwestern University researchers have captured a ...

Why heat flux (flow) is an important thermal parameter. How researchers have developed an innovative heat-flux sensor. Details on the performance of this sensor in flat and curved situations. We know ...

NORWALK — To address climate change concerns, the city has installed heat sensors to trees to track temperatures in different settings. The 13 non-invasive sensors were installed in Norwalk on Friday, ...

OTTAWA — The federal justice department has widened its use of heat and motion sensors installed under staff’s desks, raising ...

No heat? There’s an app for that. City Council members are introducing new legislation that would force landlords notorious for leaving tenants in the cold to install temperature sensors in their ...

New York lawmakers on Monday said they plan to introduce legislation requiring federally funded housing to have heat sensors in an attempt to hold landlords accountable following the Jan. 9 Bronx fire ...

WNYC News is embarking on another sensor journalism project, this time to study the effects of heat stress in Harlem. Partnering with the AdaptNY news service and the climate-reporting project ...

Some smart home devices cost a small fortune and don't save you any money at all. Other smart home devices are incredibly cheap but can save you a significant amount of money. As the weather gets ...

The Venus flytrap can survive in the nutrient-poor swamps of North and South Carolina because it compensates for the lack of nitrogen, phosphate and minerals by catching and eating small animals. It ...