Tracking particles created in subatomic smashups takes precision. So before the components that make up detectors at colliders like the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) get the chance to see a ...

A cross-sectional view of the calorimeter shows an inner and outer chamber. An animal is placed in the inner chamber, and ice is placed in the outer chamber. Heat produced by the animal can be ...

In beehives on the CERN site, a buzzing team of bees collaborates to build hexagon after hexagon of honeycomb—a shape that allows the most honey for a given amount of beeswax to be stored. Working ...

Hot topic: Measurements of tiny temperature changes could help monitor the workings of superconducting quantum computers. (Courtesy: Safa Hovinen, Merkitys) How do you define the position of something ...

Dr. Vytenis Babrauskas is the president of Fire Science and Technology Inc., a company specializing in fire safety research, fire testing issues, and fire science applications to fire investigations ...

Each calorimeter precisely measures the oxygen uptake (VO2) and carbon dioxide production (VCO2) of research subjects from childhood through adulthood, including pregnant and lactating women, in a ...

Researchers in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a calorimeter - a device that measures the heat transfer between a living system and its ...