News articles tagged with 'humidity'
Weather patterns help predict dengue fever outbreaks
— 27 Oct 2009 16:43 | HealthHigh temperatures, humidity and low wind speed are associated with high occurrence of dengue fever according to a study published in the open access journal BMC Public Health... — full story
Plants' response to fire tested
— 26 Sep 2009 10:51 | BiologyA team from the National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (INIA) has developed a new method for identifying the flammability of plant species by using a device... — full story
Deadly heat waves are becoming more frequent in California
— 26 Aug 2009 12:30 | EnvironmentFrom mid July to early August 2006, a heat wave swept through the southwestern United States. Temperature records were broken at many locations and unusually high humidity levels for... — full story
More reasons to hate humidity: It expands global warming
— 20 Feb 2009 13:04 | EnvironmentHere's yet another reason to hate humidity: it expands global warming, says a Texas A and M University professor. Andrew Dessler, a professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences... — full story
Link found between influenza, absolute humidity
— 10 Feb 2009 09:30 | HealthA new study by Oregon researchers has found a significant correlation between 'absolute' humidity and influenza virus survival and transmission. When absolute humidity is low - as in... — full story
Water vapour confirmed as major player in climate change
— 18 Nov 2008 19:04 | EnvironmentWater vapour is known to be Earth's most abundant greenhouse gas, but the extent of its contribution to global warming has been debated. Using recent NASA satellite data, researchers... — full story
New LIDAR measurement system sees the sky in 3D
— 26 Aug 2008 14:04 | EnvironmentOn 26 August, EPFL, the Swiss National Science Foundation and Switzerland's National Weather service, MeteoSwiss, will inaugurate a new LIDAR measurement system in Payerne, Switzerland.... — full story
Sticky gecko feet: The role of temperature and humidity
— 14 May 2008 10:13 | BiologyA team of five University of Akron researchers has published the paper, 'Sticky gecko feet: The role of temperature and humidity' in PLoS ONE, an open-access, online journal for peer-reviewed... — full story
Findings a step toward making new optical materials
— 23 Apr 2008 15:20 | ChemistryChemical engineers have developed a 'self-assembling' method that could lead to an inexpensive way of making diamondlike crystals to improve optical communications and other technologies... — full story
Discovery could improve fuel cell efficiency
— 20 Mar 2008 15:58 | PhysicsA new type of membrane based on tiny iron particles appears to address one of the major limitations exhibited by current power-generating fuel cell technology. While there are many... — full story