While a traditional dry sauna simply heats the surrounding air to around 190 degrees, far infrared saunas use infrared lamps to release electromagnetic radiation, which can be absorbed by the body ...

UCLA engineers tested a transparent canopy that blends water-cooled panels with infrared-reflective film to slash outdoor feel by 10°F ...

New results published in the journal Physical Review Letters detail how a specially designed metamaterial was able to tip the ...

Molecular vibrations, when paired with near-infrared (NIR) light, have opened a new chapter in cancer treatment. Instead of ...

New research reveals that only the oldest and fastest-sinking oceanic plates can transport water deep into Earth’s mantle, ...

Thermal paint: MXene spray coating can harness infrared radiation for heating or cooling Date: March 30, 2023 Source: Drexel University Summary: An international team of researchers has found that ...

Intracellular calcium transients evoked by pulsed infrared radiation in neonatal cardiomyocytes. The Journal of Physiology, 2011; 589 (6): 1295 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.198804; ...

This makes infrared radiation a newly documented sense that mosquitoes use to locate us. And the team discovered it remains effective up to about 70 cm (2.5 feet).

Infrared radiation from a source roughly the temperature of human skin doubled the insects' overall host-seeking behavior when combined with CO 2 and human odor.

Soot is not very reflective, so the background infrared radiation is not scattered by the soot. But, if it is placed on a heating plate, it will glow in the infrared.

These changes alter the spectral properties of the device, increasing the amount of infrared radiation reflected. When the electrical current is removed the membrane returns to its original size and ...