The heat is on and temperature records keep getting shattered. In June of this year, more than 60 percent of the world population faced extreme heat that was made at least three times more likely by ...

Would you rather run into a brick wall or into a mattress? For most people, the choice is not difficult. A brick wall is stiff and does not absorb shocks or vibrations well; a mattress is soft and is ...

When it's time to set down pavers for a path, patio, pool, or fire pit, you have a lot of choices. Heat-resistant pavers are ...

At the interface of water and air, light can, in certain conditions, bring about evaporation without the need for heat, according to a new study. Evaporation is happening all around us all the time, ...

A wearable fabric could help city dwellers to stay cool by minimizing heat absorbed from both the Sun and the urban environment 1. Some clothes made of advanced ‘smart’ textiles maintain a person’s ...

Metal feels colder than wood because it rapidly transfers heat away from your body due to its dense atomic structure and free ...

Students will plan and conduct an absorbency test on four different materials and be able to explain that when testing materials to learn about their properties, the materials need to be tested in the ...

Hundreds of mirrors positioned around solar towers concentrate solar rays onto a single point. Researchers in the ...

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