Taxing fossil fuels harder is one way to spur demand for domestic appliances that use electricity as an alternative, says ...

Isaque Carvalho Borges experiences the urban heat island effect in his home of Palmas, Brazil, and he wants to do something about it ...

Panasonic has unveiled a new version of its Eco Cute CO2 heat pump that produces domestic hot water mostly during daytime based on solar radiation data. It integrates a dedicated app to obtain ...

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The future is bright for a little known yet highly efficient method of heating and cooling, a new report by the U.S. Department of Energy concludes. Ground source heat pumps could heat and cool the ...

Engineers are integrating synthetic diamonds into computer chips to address the significant energy waste caused by heat. Diamond's superior thermal co ...

AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — It’s a little past 10 a.m. and the heat is already blazing on the outskirts of the Western Indian city of Ahmedabad. Sapnaben Chunara, a 30-year-old mother of three, has just ...

Preparing food and washing clothes at 140 degrees Fahrenheit or above can kill most germs. Here's what you need to know.

One of the biggest stories of the offseason is where Golden State Warriors star Jonathan Kuminga ends up. He has been on the trade rumor mill all season. Miami Heat legend Udonis Haslem recently gave ...