Cleaning experts have shared a straightforward method to stop dust from accumulating on your floors and skirting boards - and ...

Dust grains can both absorb and scatter light. Dust particles also play a decisive role in the formation of planets and thus also for the understanding of our own existence on Earth. How do you ...

Welcome to the dust library ... scatter the light, blurring the results. So Coe constructed a sensor containing a nickel mesh with 5-micrometre holes to trap individual particles and prevent ...

Allowing sunlight in through windows can kill bacteria that live in dust. Allowing sunlight in through windows can kill bacteria that live in dust, according to a study published in the open ...

MIDAS, the Micro-Imaging Dust Analysis System 13,14, is the first space-borne atomic force microscope (AFM) and a unique instrument designed to measure the size, shape, texture and microstructure ...

Swirling clouds of dust in space could harbour something akin to life -- according to computer simulations done by physicists in Russia, Germany and Australia. The simulations suggest that under ...

Previous studies have shown that the way lunar dust particles scatter light depends on their size, shape, composition, surface roughness and how densely they are packed together. While these earlier ...

When Apolloastronauts first rounded the far side of the moon, they were stunned to find avery bright crescent of light glowing ... of launching charged moon dust particles intoorbit through ...

Back in the lab, the researchers counted the plastic particles by hand under a microscope, using visual clues such as vivid colors and unnatural textures to distinguish them from dust and organic ...