Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a new thermometer using atoms boosted to such high energy levels that they are a thousand times larger than normal.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chef using a thermometer to check meat on a grill - Aj_watt/Getty Cooking meat correctly boils down to one simple task: knowing ...

ATLANTA — As the weather warms up this spring, this is an easy way for kids to visualize how measuring temperature works. Temperature is the average kinetic energy of a gas, in this case, air. The ...

Welcome to the first entry in the ‘Rarely Asked Questions” blog series. Measuring temperature with a single GPIO is the matter at hand that kicks it off. As the need for sensing capabilities becomes ...

Chemists have developed a molecular thermometer. The gemstone ruby served as the source of inspiration. Chemists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) in cooperation with researchers of the ...