Engineers are using the temperature difference between Earth and space to power a low-temperature Stirling engine that drives ...

Researchers have created a device that generates mechanical power at night by harnessing the natural temperature difference between warm ground and the cold of outer space. Engineers at the, Davis, ha ...

Engineers at the University of California, Davis, have invented a device that can generate mechanical power at night by ...

Summer is upon us, and particularly with the end-of-year holidays coming up, we need to watch our exposure to the sun and heat. On the Weekend Breakfast Doctor's Surgery slot, a listener asks Dr Charl ...

A battery innovation that uses the difference between body heat and air temperature to generate power may hasten the eventual arrival of self-charging smartwatches and other wearables. The complex ...

When is the right time to turn the heat on? For many, including me and my wife, that question can often lead to some ...

Ten years after the Paris climate agreement, the limited progress we’ve made in reducing global warming means that there will ...

From heat, back to snow, fire danger and storm warnings — spring weather has given the country some serious whiplash. What's ...

Record-breaking heat and severe cold spells are having a significant impact on health and mortality in the United States, say ...

Studying historical hourly weather data—and the amount of time that temperatures remain above or below certain ...

The Trump administration’s cuts to heat research come at a time when climate change is making extreme heat waves more common and intense.