When roasting prime rib, the debate usually comes down to high heat versus low-and-slow. Each approach excels at something ...

Driving force An experiment has confirmed that an oscillating temperature gradient boosts heat flow in fluids. (Courtesy: iStock/Mervana) Physicists in the Czech Republic have shown that heat flows ...

Scientists in Japan have developed a new organic device that can harvest energy from heat. Unlike other thermoelectric generators, this one works at room temperature without a heat gradient. Usually, ...

Regulators greenlit a $115 million, first-of-its-kind effort to drive demand for tech that can make home electrification ...

As the planet warms, more people need air conditioners—but traditional ACs use a lot of energy and exacerbate global warming. The Gradient ($1,999, pre-order for 2023 delivery) aims to break this doom ...

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and their colleagues have discovered a new relation among electric and magnetic fields and ...

Researchers have developed an engine that generates power from the night sky by exploiting the temperature difference between ...

People in London shelter from a thunderstorm that came after weeks of sweltering weather. As Earth’s heat balance get more and more out of equilibrium, predictions do not indicate that there will be ...

As electronic chips get smaller and more powerful, they can overheat, reducing their reliability and lifespan. Overheating arises when phonons — quasiparticles that carry heat — become blocked at ...

In an experiment that could help the development of new spintronics devices with low energy consumption, researchers from RIKEN and collaborators have used heat and magnetic fields to create ...

This story is part of the Hotspots series exploring Colorado's geothermal energy industry by CPR's Climate Solutions Team. Explore the series here. On a gusty day in February, Ben Burke and Johanna ...