Excess heat from electronic or mechanical devices is a sign or cause of inefficient performance. In many cases, embedded sensors to monitor the flow of heat could help engineers alter device behavior ...

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Ritchie Torres, both Democrats from New York, plan to introduce a bill in the Senate and House that will require heat sensors in residential buildings across the U.S.

DANBURY — New sensors, designed to gauge how hot the city feels for the people who live in it, have been installed near public housing complexes in Danbury. The heat sensors are part of a research ...

President Biden recently tasked the Occupational Safety and Health Administration with developing new rules for heat safety among workers, calling attention to an ongoing problem that is only ...

The sensory hairs of the Venus flytrap contain a heat sensor that warns the plant of bush fires. It reacts to rapid temperature jumps, as researchers have discovered. The Venus flytrap can survive in ...

The railroad sensors that failed to detect an overheated bearing in time to prevent the Ohio train derailment and toxic spill use antiquated technology and have a mixed record of preventing accidents.