Biologists at Brown University found what makes some types of tomatoes more heat tolerant, yielding insights that could help ...

For dually eligible adults aged 65 years and older, heat waves are associated with increased adverse health events, acc ...

How do you keep a glass of beer cold the longest? By using science, of course. At least that's what one researcher has turned ...

Fermilab engineers are developing innovative solutions to build durable particle detector targets for neutrino experiments.

Heat Index may dramatically underestimate heat stress in extreme temperatures. This work compares the Heat Index (HI), developed to measure heat stress on the human body, to a recently developed ...

The health effects of heat waves hit some communities harder than others. People with preexisting health conditions, as well ...

Constructed with these three layers -- a perforated silver substrate, a Bragg mirror, and a PDMS coating -- the film effectively provides cooling while maintaining visibility. In testing, glass with ...

The UK lags behind in its efforts to decarbonise home heating – but progress in other sectors would help close the gap.

Earth and atmospheric science, engineering, ecology, and indigenous knowledge to develop Hawaii’s path to resilience. This ...

New research shows how evaporation plays an increasingly important role in droughts in the West as temperatures rise.

New research shows global warming has become the dominant driver of worsening drought in the western United States.

New research reveals for the first time how a major Antarctic ice shelf has been subjected to increased melting by warming ocean waters over the last four decades. Scientists say the study -- the ...