Featured in thermometers
Nov 19, 2021
Eleven gifts for the hypochondriac in your life
From my disease-fearing brain to yours.
Sep 07, 2021
3 extremely accurate thermometers and how they work
We've come a long way since mercury.
Jun 11, 2014
How It Works: An Ultra-Precise Thermometer Made From Light
This isn't your average thermometer.
Aug 02, 2012
A New Bluetooth Standard Lets Devices Communicate Without Draining Power
Wireless accessories such as headsets and fitness monitors are notoriously inefficient because the Bluetooth standard they use keeps them constantly...
Aug 30, 2011
Quantum Dot Thermometers Take the Temperature of Individual Living Cells
Next time you take your temperature, maybe think twice about its accuracy. Despite what the mercury says, not all of...
Feb 08, 2011
Abandoning One of its Founding Functions, NIST Will No Longer Calibrate Mercury Thermometers
It’s the end of a long and fruitful era at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Beginning March 1,...