FARGO — It seems simple enough to hold a thermometer out in the sun in order to get the temperature “in the sun,” but this is fundamentally wrong. Air is not heated up very much by sunlight. The rays ...

Devices used to measure the wet-bulb temperature include a dry-bulb thermometer, wet-bulb thermometer and globe thermometer. The National Weather Service recommends the wet-bulb temperature for anyone ...

Scientists have developed a new method for measuring temperature extremely accurately by using giant 'Rydberg' atoms. This atomic thermometer provides accurate measurements 'out of the box,' without ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — 2022 was one of the warmest years on record. How do we know? NASA and NOAA are partners in data collection, study and modelling. KXAN spoke with Rachel Tilling, a polar scientist at ...

Measuring temperature turns out to be a fundamental function for a huge number of devices. You furnace’s programmable thermostat and digital clocks are obvious examples. If you just needed to know if ...

Is there a sufficiently reliable way to get an acceptable measure of the actual colour temperature of the the light generated by an LED bulb, using generic hardware and/or software? Maybe there's an ...

The Pixel 8 Pro phone can double as a contactless thermometer in certain scenarios, thanks to its new temperature sensor. It's the first time Google has put a temperature sensor in a Pixel phone, and ...