An accurate and safe alternative to traditional, industrial mercury-in-glass thermometers has been announced. The new Digi-Tel electronic thermometer series is available from Tel-Tru Manufacturing ...

WIXOM, Mich. RG Medical Diagnostics is looking to bring back the reliability of glass thermometers — without the mercury. According to the company, glass thermometers administered orally or rectally ...

FARGO — The principal of a liquid-in-glass thermometer is that the liquid inside a very narrow tube will contract and expand with temperature variation. The top of the liquid represents the ...

Measuring your body temperature with a glass thermometer is pretty handy, but making the instruments is not easy. A finished mercury-in-glass thermometer requires at least 25 intricate steps including ...

BALTIMORE — It was one of Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit’s most famous inventions, in 1714. Now, after nearly 300 years on the market, the still-common mercury thermometer appears headed for extinction.

The humble glass microscope slide may be primed for a makeover. A study published online May 2 in the journal Nature Communications describes how an updated version of this centuries-old tool can now ...