Researchers have assessed the natural ventilation flow rate through a sash window—a common feature in domestic buildings—to inform smart and...
You’ve heard about the dangers of secondhand cigarette smoke, but what about secondhand bong smoke? The haze after a bubbly...
Surveillance cameras have an identity problem, fueled by an inherent tension between utility and privacy. As these powerful little devices...
Researchers from the University of Calgary (UCalgary), with help from colleagues at the University of Saskatchewan (USask), are one step...
Computer engineers at Duke University have developed virtual eyes that simulate how humans look at the world accurately enough for...
Researchers have made tiny ‘skyscrapers’ for communities of bacteria, helping them to generate electricity from just sunlight and water. The...
The mysteries of underwater life have long been a source of inspiration for writers, filmmakers, and marine biologists. But scientists...
It’s time to make the switch to triple-pane windows. That’s the message from a series of studies led by the...
In a new study, Stanford researchers demonstrate how to manipulate atoms so they interact with an unprecedented degree of control....
In more than 40 million American kitchens, cooking takes place through instantaneous fire—the glowing blue flame of a gas stove....
Many people think of privacy as a modern invention, an anomaly made possible by the rise of urbanization. If that...
When water boils, it converts into another phase, steam. Such transitions are commonplace in nature and frequently studied in scientific...
