Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. By Srinivas Garimella and Matthew T. Hughes By Srinivas Garimella and Matthew T. Hughes Not only people need to stay cool, especially in ...

This article is republished from The Conversation. Not only people need to stay cool, especially in a summer of record-breaking heat waves. Many machines, including cellphones, data centers, cars and ...

In the summer, cities get especially hot. Some of that heat comes directly from the sun, of course, but in urban environments, heat also gets absorbed and then released by the pavement, buildings and ...

Researchers published a new study that detailed how the world’s oceans recorded the hottest temperature in history last year. Increased concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere from human ...

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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 ...

It only takes just a fraction of a second to suffer a pretty serious burn. Asphalt and concrete in direct sunlight can often reach surface temperatures as high as 82 Celsius (180 Fahrenheit) on the ...

Intense storms that sweep over the Southern Ocean enable the ocean to absorb more heat from the atmosphere. New research from the University of Gothenburg shows that today's climate models ...

In urban environments, heat gets absorbed and released by the pavement, buildings and other objects. A new study says that an underestimated factor in urban warming is heat radiating from parked cars.