The key to future technologies can sometimes be found in the past. What Ravi Kishore is working to perfect, for example, has ...

Prolonged exposure to hot weather can hinder people’s ability to lead safe and productive lives, experts say. Prolonged exposure to hot weather can hinder people’s ability to lead safe and productive ...

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 ...

The volunteers fanned out across New Orleans while the sun beat down and the temperature kept rising. Sensors attached to their cars captured the stifling heat on a July afternoon, transmitting data ...

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a novel way brown fat - an energy-burning form of fat - can rev the body's metabolic engine, consuming cellular ...

Denver Public Schools now have the ability to measure or track things like temperature, mold levels, and other air pollutants that can harm students. They're one of the early adopters of this ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — As temperatures rise in South Texas, the Corpus Christi Fire Department is eyeing technology that would help protect its firefighters from one of their biggest threats on the ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – In August of 2024, the City of Fort Wayne gathered volunteers and conducted a heat study around the city. On Wednesday, they released the data. The City’s Community ...

A woman with an umbrella to shield herself from the sun waits to cross Commonwealth Avenue in Boston's Kenmore Square. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's daily morning ...

Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Director of the Boston Area Research Initiative, Northeastern University It’s summer, and it’s been hot, even in northern cities such as Boston. But ...