Every lightning strike begins as a silent exchange of charge — leaders reaching down, streamers rising up — until, in an ...

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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 ...

In brief ETH Zurich Materials Scientists are the first to measure the microscopic forces involved when particles in suspensions such as concrete or paint roll past each other. Previously, such ...

Strange signals defy physics models, potentially hinting at unknown particles or phenomena beyond the Standard Model.

A new UC Riverside-led study reveals how common small particles produced by nature as well as human activities can transform upon entering plant cells and weaken plants' ability to turn sunlight ...

Nearly a decade ago, a detector searching for ghostly cosmic particles found two anomalous signals in Antarctic ice. But scientists haven’t been able to find anything similar.

Researchers say air pollution in Toronto is a complex problem that goes way beyond car exhaust fumes. A new study could make it clear what we’re breathing in - and where it's coming from.

Microscopic particles left behind by vaginal mesh could continue to trigger the immune system to attack healthy tissue even after the material has been removed, according to researchers. Experts ...