For years, public-health authorities downplayed the risk that pathogens could spread via droplets light enough to circulate ...

But what they found in the air samples were microbes, many of which were still viable—and several of them could infect and be harmful to humans. Their findings were published earlier this month ...

By collecting samples after climbing a high peak and firing rockets with special traps into the upper atmosphere, scientists ...

A team of Australian researchers has found key understanding of how microbes consume huge amounts of carbon monoxide (CO) and help reduce levels of this deadly gas.  According to a recent study ...

Knowable Magazine By collecting samples after climbing a high peak and firing rockets with special traps into the upper atmosphere, scientists have found microbes living in thin air ...

Scientists found that volcanic eruptions triggered short-lived oxygen spikes before Earth's air became breathable.

Air contaminants fall into many categories across different industrial sectors, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), aerosols, particulate matter and ultra-fine (UF) particles, as well as ...

Frozen ground would seem to stall microbes — especially in winter — but scientists have been finding robust emissions of ...