The warm object that crashed through a bedroom roof in New Jersey was indeed a meteorite, experts confirmed Thursday. Nate Magee, a physics professor at The College of New Jersey, said Thursday that ...

You might think that a hot object pushes atoms and molecules away due to radiation pressure. But a research team showed that for a polarizable atom, the opposite occurs: the hot object attracts it.

(Nanowerk News) Infrared cameras are the heat-sensing eyes that help drones find their targets even in the dead of night or through heavy fog. Hiding from such detectors could become much easier, ...

The amazing canine nose is more impressive than we thought, demonstrating the ability to detect weak infrared radiation from a distance, according to new research. The rhinarium—the cold, wet, bare ...

Rattlesnakes, and such venomous relatives as copperheads and water moccasins, have in their heads two small organs called “pits.” Scientists have long known that the pits are sense organs which ...

Infrared cameras are the heat-sensing eyes that help drones find their targets even in the dead of night or through heavy fog. Hiding from such detectors could become much easier, thanks to a new ...