body heat

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She explains that the trapped person's body heat can warm the rubble around them, allowing rescuers to "see through some types of walls".

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026

Heat stress -- the name given to the hazardous build-up of body heat caused by soaring temperatures, humidity and other factors -- is one of the most common ways that weather kills people.

From Barron's • Jun. 22, 2026

Every hour or so during cross-country ski exercises, when the team took five minute-breaks, they layered-up with puffer jackets to trap the body heat generated from skiing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

To test the system, researchers used computer simulations that modeled breathing, body heat and airflow during a 30-minute consultation scenario.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2025

They were tracking her too easily, probably using her body heat to pick her out among the trees, like the minders back home.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld