Inmates die from extreme heat in Texas prisons
“Surviving every summer”: in Texas, a prisoners' rights organization denounces detention conditions during the hot summer months, following the death ...
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Study finds high efficiency of ocean heat storage during last deglaciation
The ocean, one of the largest heat reservoirs in the climate system, absorbs more than 90% of the excess energy ...
Study highlights noise-power tradeoff in nanoscale heat engines
Using nanoscale devices as small as human cells, researchers can create materials with revolutionary properties that enable smaller, faster, and ...
Drunk mother falls asleep in car with daughter dying of heat
A mother who had been drinking too much fell asleep in her car with her three-year-old daughter in California on ...
Disneyland Half Marathon: Runner dies after worrying about heat
A 35-year-old runner who used to compete in long runs reportedly died while crossing the finish line of the Disneyland ...
A stretchable, wearable device that lights an LED using only skin heat
One of the downsides of fitness trackers and other wearables is that their batteries eventually run out. But what if, ...
Feel the heat as Earth breaks new record for hottest summer
The summer of 2024 was the hottest ever recorded on Earth, making it even more likely that this year will ...
Quenching the intense heat of a fusion plasma may require a well-placed liquid metal evaporator
Inside the next generation of fusion reactors, called spherical tokamaks, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics ...
Motorcyclist killed by heat in US park
A motorcyclist who was traveling with a group of bikers on Saturday died after being exposed to the heat in ...
Heat wave in several US states
After causing deaths and breaking records in the West over the weekend, a prolonged heat wave will hit the United ...
