Bacteria are experts at adaptation: as soon as they have infected an organism, they adapt their metabolism to that of their host and produce substances which protect them from the body's immune ...

Atoms are the tiny building blocks of all matter, but under the right conditions, they can become giants. Scientists have found a way to use these supersized atoms, called Rydberg atoms, to create a ...

Google launched the Pixel 8 Pro smartphone with a Thermometer app that can measure body temperature. The feature, approved by the FDA, uses the infrared sensor and algorithm on the Pixel 8 Pro to scan ...

Coronavirus in the UK has claimed 684 more deaths today, bringing the total number of fatalities to 3,605. Sadly, the number is another day-on-day record - the Department of Health have announced the ...

The Pixel 8 Pro has been out for a little over a week now, and the tinkerers are already digging into the device’s temperature sensor. One of the biggest omissions with the temperature sensor is its ...

This new thermometer from Terumo determines the body temperature in 20 seconds, and comes with improved functions that estimate the body temperature 10 minutes after the initial measurement.

Digital thermometers are typically placed in the ear, under the tongue or use no-contact readings. They've been designed to make the process of taking a temperature quicker and less invasive than with ...

Researchers measured the temperature of C. elegans nematode worms via tracking of embedded nanodiamonds. (Courtesy: Masazumi Fujiwara, Osaka City University) How do you take a worm’s temperature? With ...

In everyday life, measuring temperature is pretty straightforward. But in the quantum world, which deals with the super small and the ultra-cold, determining how hot or cold something is starts to get ...

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have invented a miniature thermometer that could be used to monitor the cryogenic temperatures of processor chips in ...