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 ...

Autumn brings more dust into homes, but if your vacuum filter is clogged, you could be losing suction power – here's how to ...

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 ...

New scattering theory shows that very large, iron-rich desert dust particles produce lidar signals resembling pollution or ...

Air conditioners can remove some PM2.5 fine dust particles from indoor air, but standard models mainly cool air and offer ...

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 ...

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, ...

With seasonal smog and indoor pollution affecting Delhi NCR households, an air purifier may help capture fine particles and ...

(D-Keine/E+/Getty Images) We're now 40 years on from the worst nuclear disaster in history, and scientists have been analyzing radioactive particles blown out by Chornobyl to see what's left of the ...