New report adds heat to Levelling Up debate by revealing England’s most ‘insecure’ regions
Accessing stable employment with fair pay and predictable hours is harder for workers in the North and Midlands, which can ...
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Heat extremes in the soil are underestimated
For the study, the research team coordinated by UFZ remote sensing scientist Dr Almudena García-García collected data from a wide ...
SwRI, UTSA collaborate to measure the felt heat on San Antonio’s West Side
SAN ANTONIO — Sept. 25, 2023 —Southwest Research Institute and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) are collaborating ...
Researchers make strides in harnessing low-grade heat for efficient energy conversion
A team of researchers, jointly led by Professor Hyun-Wook Lee and Professor Dong-Hwa Seo from the School of Energy and ...
Study: ‘Suicidal’ mechanism discovered in ion channel receptors enables the sensing of heat and pain
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The ability to accurately detect heat and pain is critical to human survival, but scientists have struggled ...
Coastal fisheries show surprising resilience to marine heat waves
Rutgers-led research found that marine heat waves – prolonged periods of unusually warm ocean temperatures – haven’t had a lasting ...
2023 Global Heat Wave: July brought the hottest three weeks observed so far
In the summer of the year 2023, several hot spells of variable length and intensity occurred partly simultaneously in different ...
Cattle farming expansion and unchecked climate change would expose more than 1 billion cows to heat stress
More than 1 billion cows around the world will experience heat stress by the end of the century if carbon ...
Heat related illnesses dramatically on the rise among US Veterans
Philadelphia, August 22, 2023 – Researchers report a statistically significant and clinically important increase in heat related illnesses among patients ...
Heat sensor protects the Venus flytrap from fire
The Venus flytrap can survive in the nutrient-poor swamps of North and South Carolina because it compensates for the lack ...
Unveiling novel mechanism underlying the heat shock response in Escherichia coli
Biological cells undergo a process known as “heat stress response” when exposed to excessively high temperatures. Heat stress triggers a ...
Bee populations at risk of one-two punch from heat waves, pathogen infection
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The historically high heat waves that gripped the southwest United States and southern Europe this summer ...
For Grand Canyon visitors, heat-related illness under climate change scenarios could increase 29%-137% by 2100 – with incidence peaking in shoulder season months when visitors may be less prepared for extreme heat
For Grand Canyon visitors, heat-related illness under climate change scenarios could increase 29%-137% by 2100 - with incidence peaking in ...
Scientists warn about decoupling warming trend when detecting marine heat waves
The climate crisis is severely affecting marine ecosystems around the world and the Mediterranean is not an exception. Marine heat ...
How heat treatment affects a milk alternative made from rice and coconut water
Whether they’re made from soybeans, almonds, oats, or just sourced straight from the cow, milk products must go through heat ...
Science enabling heat and air conditioning for long-term space habitats is almost fully available
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – To live on the moon or Mars, humans will need heat and air conditioning that can ...
New research method determines health impacts of heat and air quality
The planet experienced the hottest day on record earlier this month and climate projections estimate the intensity of heat waves ...
Risk of fatal heart attack may double in heat wave & high fine particulate pollution days
Research Highlights: An analysis of more than 202,000 heart attack deaths between 2015-2020 in a single Chinese province found that ...
Novel thermal sensor could help drive down the heat
Excess heat from electronic or mechanical devices is a sign or cause of inefficient performance. In many cases, embedded sensors ...
Roots are capable of measuring heat on their own, new study shows
Plant roots have their own thermometer to measure the temperature of the soil around them and they adjust their growth ...
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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Important additional driver of insect decline identified: Weather explains the decline and rise of insect biomass over 34 years
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Fish reveal cause of altered human facial development
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New study definitively confirms gulf stream weakening, understanding the changes could help predict future trends in extreme events
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New findings on hair loss in men
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UCLA-led team develops key improvement to Nobel Prize-winning technology