IntroductionEqual masses of aluminum and lead are heated in boiling water. The metals are then placed in separate beakers containing equal volumes of room temperature water. The temperature change in ...

They use specialized instruments called calorimeters, located within PNNL’s calorimetry lab. “Calorimetry lets us see into the heart of reactions,” said Tom Autrey , a Laboratory Fellow at PNNL.

Isothermal Titration Calorimetry (ITC) is a widely utilised technique in biochemistry and biophysics for characterising binding reactions by directly measuring the heat produced or absorbed during ...

The University of Connecticut’s Korey Stringer Institute is undergoing a $1 million expansion to help further its studies on how heat impacts the human body. More specifically, a new lab will ...

The Shared Instruments Lab (SIL) is a free resource for University students and faculty. The staff of the SIL do not run samples and are available for consultation and training only. Undergraduate, ...

In the summer of 2010, the city witnessed nearly 1,300 excess deaths — how many more people died than would be expected — which experts found were most likely due to high temperatures.

Climate change is driving more dangerous summer heat across the U.S. Las Vegas, which reached 120 degrees last summer, is planting thousands of trees to help cool its hottest neighborhoods.

One of the company’s machines can provide 75,000 BTU in an hour, or enough to heat up to 300 square meters 24 hours a day. In larger buildings, the company can install additional units. The ...

One promising way of storing that energy is in the form of heat 1, 2. By simply warming a material, we can store substantial amounts of energy, which is released later as it cools.