TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Sweltering, stifling, steamy, no matter your word of choice, humidity plays a major role in your year-round comfort, especially in the summertime. Let’s break down why. * That ...

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A NASA-funded study found some climate models might be overestimating the amount of water vapor entering the atmosphere as the Earth warms. Since water vapor is the most important heat-trapping ...

It was a hot and humid day in the national capital on Tuesday, with the maximum temperature recorded at 41.5 degrees Celsius at Safdarjung Observatory. However, what it felt like was extremely ...

It’s often said that it’s not the heat that gets you; it’s the humidity. We had our first serving of the uncomfortable and ...

An international team of researchers have found what triggers degradation in one of the most popular pigments used by renowned 19th and 20th century painters. Using a multi-method approach, including ...

Now, researchers from the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) have partnered with Nihon L’Oréal K.K. to tackle this problem head-on (pun intended) to create an innovative ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- We are now in the time of year where our furnaces roar back to life, and once the furnaces come on, you may notice the air in our homes becomes much drier. So what is happening?

A research team develops a real-time humidity sensing optical sensor. The response time of the new sensor is 10,000 times faster than the conventional sensors and can be mass-produced at low cost. The ...

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You may be safer from the flu in a humid room than in a dry one, according to a new study from researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. To simulate flu transmission in a health ...