Tag: particles

Landslides are one striking example of erosion. When the bonds that hold particles of dirt and rock together are overwhelmed ...

Just like coughing, sneezing, talking and singing, playing wind instruments ­– particularly those in the brass section – can spread respiratory ...

Breathing in polluted air could lead to toxic particles being transported from lungs to brain, via the bloodstream – potentially ...

Current disinfection strategies have major drawbacks, which is why the World Health Organization does not advise routine spraying or fogging ...

Researcher Laura Rossi and her group at TU Delft have found a new way to build synthetic materials out of ...

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Polyethylene, a plastic that is both cheap and easy to process, accounts for nearly one-third of the world’s plastic waste. ...

Despite all the bad news the COVID-19 pandemic brought upon the world, it has helped us gain a better perspective ...

In the fight against cancer, the development of efficacious drugs is only half the battle; equally important is how drugs ...

Amplification of light in atmospheric aerosol particles can affect their photochemistry, substantially accelerating sunlight-driven in-particle photochemical reactions, which are major ...

Medical guidelines meant to reduce risk for heart disease focus on levels of cholesterol in the blood, including low-density lipoproteins ...

They might look like cells and act like cells. But a new potential COVID-19 treatment is actually a cleverly disguised ...

Could a spritz of super-tiny particles of gold and peptides on a damaged heart potentially provide minimally invasive, on-the-spot repair? ...

Professor Zhu Tong’s team from the College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, reveals how short-term exposure to ultrafine ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Small particles from tires inhibited the growth and caused adverse behavioral changes in organisms found in freshwater ...

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg and their collaborators at the Max Planck Bristol Center ...

RICHLAND, Wash.—A modeling study raises questions about how far respiratory droplets, like those that transmit the virus that causes COVID-19, ...

Researchers from the Cavendish Laboratory have modelled a quantum walk of identical particles that can change their fundamental character by ...

Aerosol particles suspended in the atmosphere are important components of the earth-atmosphere system. These particles play a significant role in ...

Even the finest particles of pollution influence the process of cloud formation and the rainfall regime. A study conducted in ...