Household dust contains skin cells, hair, fabric fibres, pollen and other particles. Discover where dust accumulates and how ...

Fine dust that you can’t see lurks in the air inside any heavily used workshop, and it does serious damage to your lungs over time. Not all dust is equal: Silica, metal, wood, and fibrous dust carry ...

Dust particles thrown up from deserts such as the Sahara and Gobi are playing a previously unknown role in air pollution, a new study has found. The international study published in National Science ...

Commonly comprised of dirt, pollen, skin cells, insects, pet dander, mold spores, bacteria, mycotoxins, dust mites, their refuse, and other such flotsam and jetsam, the buildup of indoor and outdoor ...

Home Tips: When you hear the word "cleaning" your grill, many people think they'll have to remove it, rinse it with water, ...

A new study shows that natural dust particles swirling in from faraway deserts can trigger freezing of clouds in Earth's Northern Hemisphere. This subtle mechanism influences how much sunlight clouds ...

Up to 80% of brake-dust particles have an electric charge, which could serve as a means of controlling brake dust and improving air quality, according to a new study from the University of California, ...

Springtime measurements in a Helsinki street canyon show that coarse road-dust particles can inflate urban light absorption readings by up to 41 percent, complicating black carbon monitoring and ...

I’ve got a complicated relationship with my Roomba, Keith, who sometimes refuses to charge but also works his wheels off ridding my home of dust. I hate dust, both because I’ve got allergies and ...

New peer-reviewed research shows that Fort McKay, Alta. faces disproportionately high levels of dust pollution, frequently exceeding Alberta's regulatory guidelines for ambient air quality.