A new study finds fog droplets can hold millions of bacteria. Here’s how that compares to Florida’s humid air.

Scientists discovered that fog droplets can host living bacteria that grow and help remove harmful pollutants from the atmosphere, revealing fog as a surprisingly active microbial environment.

Watch out if you don't put the toilet seat down before flushing, because of nasty bacteria which shoot up into the air. Flushing the toilet sends a plume of tiny water droplets into the air ...

As the threat of measles and other infectious diseases continue to make headlines, more and more building and facility managers are searching for ways to reduce the threat from contagious airborne ...

Microbial contaminants like airborne bacteria and fungi can make up more than a third of indoor air pollution. Yet, while many countries regulate chemical pollutants, most have no legally binding ...

Tuberculosis lives and thrives in the lungs. When the bacteria that cause the disease are coughed into the air, they are thrust into a comparatively hostile environment, with drastic changes to their ...

A 3D bimetallic MOF electrode on copper mesh kills over 99% of airborne bacteria at low voltage using electroporation and reactive oxygen species generation. (Nanowerk News) A research team at Ocean ...

PolyU research reveals hidden health risks from urban airborne microbes: low concentration of bacterial toxins may trigger nearly 20% of inflammatory responses, while drug-resistant fungi may spread ...