Every year, it's the same story: as soon as March arrives, your home suddenly seems dustier. The sun's rays reveal particles everywhere, and surfaces seem to get dirty faster. Rest assured, this ...

What do oysters, beer, honey and soil all have in common? You would not know, taste or see it, but the answer is tiny bits of plastic — the debris of a world addicted to polymers. In 2023, plastics ...

If you've ever watched a nail tech shave down acrylics, you’ve seen it: that cloudy dust swirling in the air? It's not just harmless debris. It's microplastics. Her video, which described someone ...

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Dust. In your home, it’s a hassle. On the moon, it can be downright hazardous. The weak gravity of the lunar surface makes it easy to kick moon dust up into floating clouds. Particles are clingy and ...

Levitation of moon dust at lunar sunrise and sunset is surely partly down to the pyroelectric effect, which induces an electrostatic charge on particles when warmed or cooled that then causes ...