A UN conference to sign a historic treaty aimed at reining in the use and emission of mercury began Monday in Kumamoto, near Minamata, the site of Japan's worst-ever industrial poisoning.
Environment
Oct 7, 2013
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Smartphones are a great way to check in on the latest weather predictions, but new research aims to use the batteries in those same smartphones to predict the weather.
Earth Sciences
Aug 13, 2013
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How do you take the temperature of a cell? The familiar thermometer from a doctor's office is slightly too big considering the average human skin cell is only 30 millionths of a meter wide. But the capability is significant; ...
General Physics
Aug 6, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Researchers working at a lab at Harvard University have developed a technique that allows for taking the temperature of individual living cells. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the team describes ...
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a fast and affordable testing device for detecting the presence of toxic blue-green algae in water. There is currently no fast, affordable and user-friendly way for consumers ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 24, 2013
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How does the bacterium Shigella—the cause of a deadly diarrheal disease—detect that it's in a human host? Ohio University scientists have found that a biological "RNA thermometer" monitors whether the environment is right ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 21, 2013
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Harvard researchers are adding statistical nuance to our understanding of how modern and historical temperatures compare.
Environment
Apr 10, 2013
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The University of Queensland (UQ) physicists are on a quest to build the world's most accurate thermometer.
General Physics
Oct 11, 2012
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The great Italian scientist Galileo may have been the first person to use a telescope to observe the heavens, helping spark the scientific revolution of the 16th century, but Galileo definitely did not invent the famous thermometer ...
Other
Sep 5, 2012
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(Phys.org)—Sometimes the chain of measurement traceability – the unbroken series of links between a calibrated instrument and the official NIST standard – can get pretty long. But 250 million kilometers is remarkable, ...
Space Exploration
Aug 31, 2012
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