You can make this experiment as basic or as elaborate is you wish. The purpose is to demonstrate why mercury in a thermometer rises when the temperature increases. We want to prove the heat rises.

Using the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in California, the team blasted the ...

Here's an experiment that seems excruciating to imagine in the midst of the current global heat wave: Starting six years ago, researchers began putting thousands of people in baking hot rooms to ...

Experiment reverses the direction of heat flow. Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo. Journal Nature Communications DOI 10.1038/s41467-019-10333-7. Keywords ...

A new experiment designed by Purdue University engineers addresses both problems. The Flow Boiling and Condensation Experiment (FBCE), which arrived at the International Space Station on Thursday (Aug ...

Oh, and just because we are going to need it soon, the specific heat capacity for water is 4,184 joules per kilogram per degree Celsius. For copper it's 385 J/kg/°C (yes, water is crazy high). So ...