"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Moisture meters may not be familiar to the average homeowner, but they provide tremendous value for ...

"It's not the heat, it's the humidity." That adage applies indoors as well as out, which is where an experimental new material comes in. It absorbs humidity within rooms, reducing the need to run ...

A room that smells stale in every season is rarely just a housekeeping problem. Persistent mustiness almost always traces back to moisture that is getting into your home, then quietly staying put ...

Engineers find the hydrogel polyethylene glycol (PEG) doubles its water absorption as temperatures climb from 25 to 50 C, and could be useful for passive cooling or water harvesting in warm climates.