Excess heat from electronic or mechanical devices is a sign or cause of inefficient performance. In many cases, embedded sensors to monitor the flow of heat could help engineers alter device behavior ...

S ome smart home devices cost a small fortune and don't save you any money at all. Other smart home devices are incredibly ...

Why heat flux (flow) is an important thermal parameter. How researchers have developed an innovative heat-flux sensor. Details on the performance of this sensor in flat and curved situations. We know ...

A split system heat pump's defrost sensor is used to detect ice buildup on the heat pump's outdoor coil. When ice builds up on the coil, it reduces the heat pump's ability to transfer heat, which can ...

As electronic devices become increasingly powerful and compact, they can generate denser heat fluxes, or in other words, ...

This tiny chip can withstand temperatures up to 1,500 degrees and could one day sit inside the core of a nuclear reactor, delivering critical real-time data.

Researchers in Hong Yeo's lab at Georgia Tech work on wearable sensor technology that's being field-tested through a collaboration with Emory University and the Farmworker Association of Florida.

The ability to sense heat protects the body from burns and injury. But how the body actually feels temperature has remained ...

The sensory hairs of the Venus flytrap contain a heat sensor that warns the plant of bush fires. It reacts to rapid temperature jumps, as researchers have discovered. The Venus flytrap can survive in ...