A VERY SENSITIVE THERMOSTAT

Cooling-Sensitive TRPM8 Is Thermostat of Skin Temperature against Cooling

We have shown that cutaneous cooling-sensitive receptors can work as thermostats of skin temperature against cooling. However, molecule of the thermostat is not known. Here, we studied whether cooling-sensitive TRPM8 channels act as thermostats. TRPM8 in HEK293 cells generated output (y) when temperature (T) was below threshold of 28.4°C. Output (y) is given by two equations: At T >28.4°C, y = ...

A microcomputer- controlled thermostat

Introduction Careful temperature control is essential for a wide variety of chemical measurements. High-precision potentiometry, for instance, requires thermostatting, since the slope of the straight line E vs log a is highly temperature dependent (E is the measured emf, log a is the logarithm of the activity of species i). The equation describing the relationship between the measured quantity ...

Metrics Thermostat

Thermostat for Lower Temperatures

Details are given concerning the construction and operation of relatively simple thermostats which permit maintaining precise temperatures down to 0 degrees C. (with water), or temperatures above that of the ordinary room, and in which the temperature may be quickly altered at short intervals to new levels.

15Geoengineering’s Thermostat Dilemma

Geoengineering is gaining attention as a possible tool for ameliorating climate change. These largely untested techniques are sometimes analogised to a thermostat that will enable humans to finetune the Earth’s climate. Although overly simplistic, this metaphor highlights a fundamental dilemma that the capacity to geoengineer would raise: whose hand should control the thermostat? Unpacking this...