AnatomyOrganismsDiseasesChemicals and DrugsAnalytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and EquipmentPhenomena and ProcessesDisciplines and OccupationsTechnology, Industry, AgricultureHealth Care
DustCosmic DustAir Pollutants, OccupationalPyroglyphidaeMitesOccupational ExposureQuartzPneumoconiosisWoodInhalation ExposureByssinosisSilicon DioxideEnvironmental MonitoringAir Pollution, IndoorConstruction MaterialsAllergensFloors and FloorcoveringsTextile IndustryMiningCoalDermatophagoides pteronyssinusArthropod ProteinsAir MicrobiologyHousingSilicosisAgricultural Workers' DiseasesDermatophagoides farinaeFlourEnvironmental ExposureIndustryInterior Design and FurnishingsGossypiumThreshold Limit ValuesMaximum Allowable ConcentrationEndotoxinsRespiration DisordersVentilationTextilesParticle SizeRespiratory Tract DiseasesHousekeepingAir PollutantsMeteoroidsAsbestosMetallurgyAsthmaAsbestos, SerpentineRespiratory Protective DevicesHypersensitivity
ParticlesGrains2023AllergensComet dustStagesChemicalsNASAStormsBlewGasesSaharanLunar dustCosmic dustPlanetary dustTerraCloudsAnother dustMitesExposure to coalArtist'sEvolution of dustDynamicalAirwaySnowpackAccretionAstronomersLungsParticleAggregateDetectableCoalAtmosphereCloudStormMeasurementSignificantlyYear'sAllergicAstronomicalThicknessAccumulationInvestigatorsGalaxiesConcentrationsDetection2022ImpactsCometsPreventionClimateSolarLaboratoryIndoorECHOMoon'sLung cancerContentScientistsWindsStarsSnowTimeShowsUniverseYears
Particles24
  • That's a very small discrepancy, but it could be due to a mixture of particles present in the dust. (digitaltrends.com)
  • 2 . If the collision velocities are sufficiently low, the dust particles stick together to form larger agglomerates. (jove.com)
  • Larger particles are micrometeoroids, not dust. (wikipedia.org)
  • Dust particles, aided by ices and organics, form "aggregates" (less often, "agglomerates") of 30 to hundreds of micrometers. (wikipedia.org)
  • These are fluffy, due to the imperfect packing of cluster-type (large) dust particles, and their subsequent, imperfect packing into aggregates. (wikipedia.org)
  • ISO measured no infrared evidence of a classical cometary dust tail due to small particles. (wikipedia.org)
  • [1] [2] Most cosmic dust particles measure between a few molecules and 0.1 mm (100 μm ), such as micrometeoroids . (wikipedia.org)
  • When infrared astronomy began, the dust particles were observed to be significant and vital components of astrophysical processes. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cosmic dust can be detected by remote sensing methods that utilize the radiative properties of cosmic dust particles, c.f. (wikipedia.org)
  • Microscopic images of silica dust particles lifted by micropillars, 50 micrometers in diameter. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Micrometric and sub-micrometric contaminant particles - what most of us call "dust" - can cause big problems for art conservators, the electronics industry, aerospace engineers, and others. (scitechdaily.com)
  • If dust particles are bigger than 10 micrometers, removing them can be achieved with minimal fuss, usually with an air jet or nitrogen jet. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Depending on the size of dust particles you're removing, the pillars range from 2 to 50 micrometers in diameter - bigger particles require bigger pillars. (scitechdaily.com)
  • The PDMS polymer has minimal interaction with the substrate - whether it's an iPhone or a sculpture - but it produces enough electrostatic charge to detach the dust particles. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Tests on various surfaces in the lab have shown total cleaning of silica dust particles and no damage to the surface. (scitechdaily.com)
  • If your Amazon Echo has a fabric shell, use a lint roller to grab dust and particles that are sitting on top of the cloth. (cnet.com)
  • It is used in metallic ducts where dust particles in the gas flow are to be detected. (envea.global)
  • Nikon says that it has evaluated user reports and has 'determined' that spots on the sensor are caused by dust particles which are visible in images taken in certain situations. (dpreview.com)
  • Nikon has thoroughly evaluated these reports and has determined that these spots are caused by dust particles which may become visible when the camera is used in certain circumstances and/or with certain settings. (dpreview.com)
  • It is a well-known fact that the presence of dust particles cannot be completely avoided when using a D-SLR camera even after normal sensor cleaning procedures, because of a number of factors including components moving at high speeds when images are taken, the use of interchangeable lenses, and the different environments in which a D-SLR camera may be used. (dpreview.com)
  • As part of its customer-service commitment, Nikon is providing a customer-service measure to reduce the potential impact of dust particles on images taken by its D600 D- SLR cameras. (dpreview.com)
  • Future astronauts spending long periods of time on the Moon could suffer bronchitis and other health problems by inhaling tiny particles of dust from its surface, according to new research. (agu.org)
  • Up to 90 percent of human lung cells and mouse neurons died when exposed to dust particles that mimic soils found on the Moon's surface. (agu.org)
  • Dust particles can accumulate in a person's airways and the smallest particles can infiltrate alveoli, the tiny sacs where carbon dioxide is exchanged for oxygen in the lungs. (agu.org)
Grains10
  • Researchers recently used the James Webb Space Telescope to identify grains of dust from the early universe, which could have been produced by the earliest supernovas. (digitaltrends.com)
  • Using the spectrograph, the researchers found evidence of carbon-rich grains in dust clouds. (digitaltrends.com)
  • It is generally accepted that planet formation starts with the non-gravitational accumulation of microscopically small dust grains into larger dust aggregates (see review by Blum & Wurm) 1 . (jove.com)
  • While the spectrum of CR Cha is dominated by small amorphous silicates, in VW Cha (and in a lesser degree in Glass I), there is clear evidence of a large amount of processed dust in the form of crystalline silicates and large amorphous grains. (aanda.org)
  • When it passes through the terrestrial planet region, evaporation will be rapid enough to blow away small grains, but the largest grains may resist entrainment and stay behind on the comet nucleus, beginning the formation of a dust layer. (wikipedia.org)
  • Observers gathered some strange data that suggested C/2017 S3's remains had become "a monstrous, extremely fluffy aggregate of loosely bound dust grains" before it even reached its closest approach to the sun. (euronews.com)
  • Thousands of tons of cosmic dust are estimated to reach Earth's surface every year, [4] with most grains having a mass between 10 −16 kg (0.1 pg) and 10 −4 kg (0.1 g). [4] The density of the dust cloud through which the Earth is traveling is approximately 10 −6 dust grains/m 3 . (wikipedia.org)
  • physics ( solid-state , electromagnetic theory , surface physics, statistical physics , thermal physics ), fractal mathematics , surface chemistry on dust grains, meteoritics , as well as every branch of astronomy and astrophysics . (wikipedia.org)
  • Dynamical processes in the early solar system then sorted these grains by size. (astronomy.com)
  • I will pay special attention to the early stages of planet formation when dust grains grow to pebbles and the first gravitationally bound building blocks of planets, the planetesimals, form. (lu.se)
20231
  • The game is expected to be released early in 2023 and features nostalgic yet high-end 2D graphics for on-the-go gaming via mobile devices. (gamingnews24h.com)
Allergens2
  • Allergic rhinitis usually presents in early childhood and is caused by an immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated reaction to various indoor and outdoor allergens. (medscape.com)
  • Загальні відомості про захворювання легень, пов'язані з факторами довкілля Environmental pulmonary diseases result from inhalation of dusts, allergens, chemicals, gases, or environmental pollutants. (msdmanuals.com)
Comet dust4
Stages4
  • [14] For example, cosmic dust can drive the mass loss when a star is nearing the end of its life , play a part in the early stages of star formation , and form planets . (wikipedia.org)
  • The astronomers accumulate observational 'snapshots' of dust at different stages of its life and, over time, form a more complete movie of the Universe's complicated recycling steps. (wikipedia.org)
  • Early detection requires proactive monitoring because most liver diseases have few, if any, symptoms during the early stages. (medscape.com)
  • Exposure to environmental risks at early stages of development can lead to irreversible, long-term, often lifelong mental and physical damage. (who.int)
Chemicals7
  • The dust contains a stew of dozens of chemicals that migrate out of furnishings and that can interfere with sperm counts, fertility, successful birth, and the timing of puberty and menopause. (harvard.edu)
  • In the lab, they exposed human cells to the dust samples, and measured the cells' hormonal activities in relation to concentrations of flame-retardant and stain-repellent chemicals, including per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) , organophosphate esters (OPEs), and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). (harvard.edu)
  • The concentrations of these chemicals in the dust significantly influenced the extent to which the dust mimicked hormones, the researchers found. (harvard.edu)
  • Producing furnishings that don't contain unnecessary flame retardants or stain repellents can help reduce levels of hormone-disrupting chemicals in dust in buildings, Young said. (harvard.edu)
  • Emergency responders to the World Trade Center (WTC) attack in 2001 paid a significant physical cost for their service in the form of exposure to chemicals, dust, and airborne particulates causally linked to hepatotoxicity. (medscape.com)
  • Their immune, reproductive, digestive and central nervous systems are still developing and they spend their time closer to the ground where dust and chemicals accumulate. (who.int)
  • The exposure to chemicals, dust, and airborne particulates found at the WTC site have been causally linked to hepatotoxicity. (medscape.com)
NASA4
  • But if NASA predictions are correct, a big one should strike in the next few weeks or months, lending weight to a Martian dust storm forecasting system. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • Early melting of snow this year exposed the silty areas, according to NASA. (sciencenews.org)
  • The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer spacecraft (called LADEE for short) beamed the new moon photos - which NASA released Feb. 13 - to ground controllers on Earth earlier this month. (space.com)
  • The accuracy of the probe's moon dust researching instruments relies upon knowing where it is located in space, NASA officials said. (space.com)
Storms7
  • The Great Salt Lake's dust storms aren't just harming Utah's air quality. (sltrib.com)
  • Although snow and rain storms wet down dust sources on the lakebed and west desert, Skiles said, "when the storms turned off and dried out, the dust picked up immediately. (sltrib.com)
  • Studies show an increase in dust storms in Colorado since the early 1990s, said Snow Hydrologist Jeff Derry, executive director of the Colorado Dust-on-Snow program, or CODOS, which started in 2004. (steamboatpilot.com)
  • Poor soil health caused by a combination of contributing factors, including oil and gas exploration, off-road vehicle use, overgrazing and high winds in the springtime, leads to the dust storms. (steamboatpilot.com)
  • If humans colonise Mars, they're going to have to contend with some pretty vicious dust storms - some of which can encapsulate the entire planet. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • Dust storms are part of everyday life on the red planet. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • Previous research has shown breathing toxic dust from volcanic eruptions, dust storms and coal mines can cause bronchitis, wheezing, eye irritation and scarring of lung tissue. (agu.org)
Blew5
  • The most recent Martian global dust storm blew up in 2007. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • Dust blew off the coasts of Tunisia and Libya in late November 2010. (nasa.gov)
  • Dust blew off the coasts of Morocco and Western Sahara in early March 2012. (nasa.gov)
  • Heading northwest, the dust blew over the eastern Canary Islands, especially Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. (nasa.gov)
  • Dust blew off the west coast of northern Africa in early March 2012. (nasa.gov)
Gases2
  • A dust layer both inhibits the heating of the cometary ices by the Sun (the dust is impenetrable by sunlight and a poor conductor of heat), and slows the loss of gases from the nucleus below. (wikipedia.org)
  • We were expecting to find fresh gas or gas enriched at the same level as that of the galaxy being consumed, but were surprised to find the gases were actually the remnants of galaxies swallowed earlier," López-Sánchez said. (astronomy.com)
Saharan2
  • Acquired December 1, 2010, this natural-color image shows Saharan dust blowing over Sicily. (nasa.gov)
  • Saharan dust blows over the eastern Canary Islands in this image acquired on March 8, 2012. (nasa.gov)
Lunar dust7
  • Lunar dust can be seen clinging to Schmitt's space suit. (agu.org)
  • New research finds breathing lunar dust could cause health problems for astronauts spending long periods of time on the Moon. (agu.org)
  • Lunar dust caused reactions similar to hay fever in astronauts who visited the Moon during the Apollo missions. (agu.org)
  • Their experience coupled with the new study's results suggest prolonged exposure to lunar dust could impair airway and lung function, according to Bruce Demple, a biochemist at Stony Brook University School of Medicine and senior author of the new study. (agu.org)
  • The Apollo astronauts' symptoms were short lived, but researchers wanted to know how lunar dust could affect astronauts' health long term and if it could cause problems similar to those caused by toxic dust on Earth. (agu.org)
  • This flow chart shows the possible health effects of breathing lunar dust, in both the short- and long-term. (agu.org)
  • LADEE launched into space last September to investigate the moon's thin atmosphere and mysterious lunar dust. (space.com)
Cosmic dust7
  • Cosmic dust - also called extraterrestrial dust , space dust , or star dust - is dust that occurs in outer space or has fallen onto Earth . (wikipedia.org)
  • Cosmic dust contains some complex organic compounds (amorphous organic solids with a mixed aromatic - aliphatic structure) that could be created naturally, and rapidly, by stars . (wikipedia.org)
  • Cosmic dust was once solely an annoyance to astronomers, as it obscures objects they wished to observe. (wikipedia.org)
  • Zodiacal light caused by cosmic dust. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cosmic dust of the Andromeda Galaxy as revealed in infrared light by the Spitzer Space Telescope . (wikipedia.org)
  • A wide range of methods is available to study cosmic dust. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cosmic dust can also be detected directly ('in-situ') using a variety of collection methods and from a variety of collection locations. (wikipedia.org)
Planetary dust1
  • Space agencies know exposure to the space environment and zero gravity can be harmful to human health, but planetary dust poses an additional risk that has been mostly overlooked, according to the researchers. (agu.org)
Terra1
  • The agency released an image of dust clouds taken by the Terra satellite on March 13. (sciencenews.org)
Clouds5
  • in the clouds of the diffuse interstellar medium , in molecular clouds , in the circumstellar dust of young stellar objects , and in planetary systems such as the Solar System , where astronomers consider dust as in its most recycled state. (wikipedia.org)
  • The dust passes over northwestern Sicily and mixes with clouds west of mainland Italy. (nasa.gov)
  • Between dust and clouds, the Mediterranean Sea is almost completely obscured in this natural-color image. (nasa.gov)
  • The clouds may be related to the same weather system that stirred the dust. (nasa.gov)
  • Strong northeasterly winds blowing across coastal regions of southern Alaska launched massive clouds of dust over the Gulf of Alaska in mid-March. (sciencenews.org)
Another dust1
  • In combination with the release of another dust aggregate to free fall, collision speeds up to ~10 m/sec can be achieved. (jove.com)
Mites13
Exposure to coal2
  • Measurement of personal exposure to coal mine dust has more than 1,000 annual deaths attributed to complications from remained essentially unchanged for the last 35 years under the CWP in U.S. coal mines [NIOSH 1999]. (cdc.gov)
  • Black lung disease is a serious condition that can happen if you have long-term exposure to coal dust. (medlineplus.gov)
Artist's2
Evolution of dust2
  • For the purpose of investigating the evolution of dust aggregates in the early Solar System, we developed two vacuum drop towers in which fragile dust aggregates with sizes up to ~10 cm and porosities up to 70% can be collided. (jove.com)
  • The evolution of dust traces out paths in which the Universe recycles material, in processes analogous to the daily recycling steps with which many people are familiar: production, storage, processing, collection, consumption, and discarding. (wikipedia.org)
Dynamical1
  • Slightly changing any of these parameters can give significantly different dust dynamical behavior. (wikipedia.org)
Airway1
  • In reactive airways dysfunction syndrome (RADS), which is nonallergenic, people with no history of asthma develop persistent, reversible airway obstruction after acute overexposure to irritant dust, fumes, or gas. (msdmanuals.com)
Snowpack4
  • Even with this winter's phenomenal snowpack, Skiles said she's continuing to observe more dust than ever before. (sltrib.com)
  • The dust also meant this year's record-breaking snowpack melted out earlier than other big snow years, Utah Snow Survey data shows. (sltrib.com)
  • The researcher said dust-on-snow events can translate to earlier and faster spring runoff in local rivers and tributaries within one to two days of a significant dust deposit on the snowpack. (steamboatpilot.com)
  • The snowpack is a natural reservoir, so just imagine if you release that reservoir earlier in the season the whole array of impacts and repercussions," he explained. (steamboatpilot.com)
Accretion3
  • i) concentration of the cm-sized dust aggregates by, e.g. the streaming instability 6 and subsequent gravitational collapse 7,8 and (ii) growth of a few "lucky winners" to larger sizes with subsequent mass accretion by the mass-transfer process 9,10,11 . (jove.com)
  • Thus zφ6 quasars are indeed at an early evolutionary stage, with rapid mass accretion and dust formation. (illinois.edu)
  • The composition of the dust of comet Wild 2 is similar to the composition of dust found in the outer regions of the accretion disks around newly-forming stars. (wikipedia.org)
Astronomers2
  • Dust might not sound like the most interesting of topics, but to a certain set of astronomers, it's thrilling. (digitaltrends.com)
  • Since work with Webb began last year, astronomers have noted that early galaxies seem to be considerably more numerous and more massive than anyone had predicted, which, along with evidence such as this discovery, is leading them to rethink their assumptions about the early universe. (digitaltrends.com)
Lungs1
  • If the dust induces inflammation in the lungs, it could increase the risk of more serious diseases like cancer, he said. (agu.org)
Particle1
  • 1000 K) in the inner disk region around a hot young star, and was radially mixed in the solar nebula from the inner regions a larger distance from the star or the dust particle condensed in the outflow of evolved red giants or supergiants. (wikipedia.org)
Aggregate3
  • A wealth of laboratory measurements over the past years have led to a dust-aggregate collision model that predicts the outcome of a pair of dust aggregates with arbitrary masses and collision velocities 3 . (jove.com)
  • 3 and to investigate in more detail the collisions among macroscopic dust aggregates in the relevant velocity regimes, we set up two drop towers in our laboratory, in which individual aggregate-aggregate collisions can be studied in great detail under vacuum and microgravity conditions. (jove.com)
  • A new explanation proposes that the strange object was a "monstrous fluffy dust aggregate" - that's a technical term, apparently - produced by a busted-up comet. (euronews.com)
Detectable3
  • Recently one z 6 quasar was shown not to have any detectable emission from hot dust, but it was unclear whether that indicated different hot-dust properties at high redshift or if it is simply an outlier. (illinois.edu)
  • The two hot-dust-free quasars are likely to be first-generation quasars born in dust-free environments and are too young to have formed a detectable amount of hot dust around them. (illinois.edu)
  • Over the past 20 years, preventable, early detectable NCDs of common cause are recurrently occurring among Mongolia's population especially within working- age population and it has been one of serious public health challenges. (who.int)
Coal1
  • A personal dust monitor (PDM) was developed to measure respirable coal mine dust mass to provide accurate exposure data at the end of a work shift. (cdc.gov)
Atmosphere4
  • Easy to play but hard to master, Brown Dust 2 offers players a fantastic atmosphere designed to pique their interest and send them off on an imaginative journey through the game. (gamingnews24h.com)
  • When the limit value is reached, a dangerous dust atmosphere is to be prevented by early warning. (envea.global)
  • NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) observatory successfully downlinked images of the moon and stars taken by onboard camera systems, known as star trackers. (space.com)
  • Astronauts observed an odd glow on the moon's horizon before sunrise, and scientists think that it could have been caused by electrically charged dust in the moon's thin atmosphere (called an exosphere). (space.com)
Cloud2
  • intergalactic dust , interstellar dust, interplanetary dust (as in the zodiacal cloud ), and circumplanetary dust (as in a planetary ring ). (wikipedia.org)
  • Scientists formerly believed that chromium 54 and other elements and their isotopic variations became evenly spread throughout the cloud of gas and dust that collapsed to form the solar system. (astronomy.com)
Storm8
  • Mallia was able to determine where the dust Skiles observed was coming from by running storm and weather models. (sltrib.com)
  • The dust storm that hit Routt County and the majority of Colorado on May 8 was "a massive event," Derry said, following a significant dust event that reached Routt County on April 19. (steamboatpilot.com)
  • Following the dust storm on May 8, Routt County stayed largely warmer and dry until May 20. (steamboatpilot.com)
  • A 2015 study in Icarus by James Shirley, a planetary scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, found Mars' dust storm season midpoint is the end of October. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • Based on the historical pattern we found, we believe it is very likely that a global dust storm will begin within a few weeks or months of this date," Shirley says. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • Huge sand seas cover parts of Mauritania, east of Western Sahara, and likely supplied some of the dust in this storm. (nasa.gov)
  • Two children are among the six people who died in a Montana pileup after a Friday evening dust storm caused blackout conditions on Interstate 90, a major route in both Montana and the Western U.S. (fox9.com)
  • The crash was reported around 4:30 p.m., as 21 vehicles, including six commercial semi-trucks, lost control in the dust storm that was fueled by gusts topping 60 mph (97 kph), authorities said. (fox9.com)
Measurement1
Significantly2
  • As we near the 20th anniversary of these attacks, researchers have determined that those responders who arrived at the WTC site earlier have a significantly higher prevalence of hepatic steatosis compared with those who arrived in the days that followed. (medscape.com)
  • A recent study found that responders who arrived earlier have a significantly higher prevalence of hepatic steatosis compared with those who arrived in the days that followed. (medscape.com)
Year's1
  • This worldwide community event gives players a peek at the innovative systems that make Brown Dust 2 one of the year's most anticipated games. (gamingnews24h.com)
Allergic2
  • A pillow can collect up to 2 pounds of dust mite feces , the stuff you are allergic to, over a 2-year period. (allergyconsumerreview.com)
  • Early life exposure to house dust mite allergen prevents experimental allergic asthma requiring mitochondrial H 2 O 2 . (bvsalud.org)
Astronomical1
  • 2012, 'Galaxy Zoo: Dust lane early-type galaxies are tracers of recent, gas-rich minor mergers', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 423, no. 1, pp. 59-67. (edu.au)
Thickness1
  • Therefore, the thickness of dust layers covering the nuclei of a comet can indicate how closely and how often a comet's perihelion travels are to the Sun. If a comet has an accumulation of thick dust layers, it may have frequent perihelion passages that don't approach the Sun too closely. (wikipedia.org)
Accumulation2
  • A thick accumulation of dust layers might be a good description of all of the short period comets, as dust layers with thicknesses on the order of meters are thought to have accumulated on the surfaces of short-period comet nuclei. (wikipedia.org)
  • The accumulation of dust layers over time would change the physical character of the short-period comet. (wikipedia.org)
Investigators1
  • Lisle's many fans won't be disappointed by this adventure, second in a planned four-volume series to feature the immensely likable investigators introduced in The Gold Dust Letters. (publishersweekly.com)
Galaxies3
  • Webb can be used to not only identify these early galaxies but also to take spectra from them, which can reveal their chemical composition by seeing which wavelengths of light they absorb. (digitaltrends.com)
  • Within that image, researchers used Webb's NIRSpec instrument to look at the spectra of early galaxies like JADES-GS-z6. (digitaltrends.com)
  • This discovery implies that infant galaxies in the early Universe develop much faster than we ever anticipated," said researcher Renske Smit of Liverpool John Moores University. (digitaltrends.com)
Concentrations1
  • The ProSens can be calibrated and monitors clean gas sides downstream of filters continuously and reliably for permitted or customer-specified dust concentrations. (envea.global)
Detection1
  • The overall goal of this project is early detection of blood cancers using a large repository of blood and serum samples from firefighters exposed to WTC disaster. (cdc.gov)
20223
  • The Salt Lake Tribune) Dust obscures Antelope Island and the Great Salt Lake on Saturday, June 18, 2022. (sltrib.com)
  • Otto Lang, University of Utah) Dust layers are visible in a snow pit at Atwater Study Plot in May 2022. (sltrib.com)
  • In the winter of 2022, the darkened snow melted out 17 days earlier than normal, the study found. (sltrib.com)
Impacts2
  • There's going to be dust impacts in any mountainous area that's next to a desert. (sltrib.com)
  • The consultation also reviewed the evidence on the impacts of air pollution on the health of people with communicable and noncommunicable diseases with a special focus on sand and dust in the Region. (who.int)
Comets1
  • In the Solar System , dust plays a major role in the zodiacal light , Saturn 's B Ring spokes , the outer diffuse planetary rings at Jupiter , Saturn, Uranus and Neptune , and comets . (wikipedia.org)
Prevention1
Climate1
  • Mountains are considered a bellwether for regional and local climate change, and dust on snow has a major impact on how the snow melts," Derry said. (steamboatpilot.com)
Solar4
  • In both drop towers, the dust aggregates are in free fall during the collision so that they are weightless and match the conditions in the early Solar System. (jove.com)
  • If you have more dust, it absorbs more solar radiation. (steamboatpilot.com)
  • A comet and its dust allow investigation of the Solar System beyond the main planetary orbits. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the Solar System , interplanetary dust causes the zodiacal light . (wikipedia.org)
Laboratory1
  • We present a technique to achieve low-velocity to intermediate-velocity collisions between fragile dust aggregates in the laboratory. (jove.com)
Indoor2
  • Indoor dust mimics sex hormones such as estrogen and testosterone in human cells, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. (harvard.edu)
  • According to the Environmental Protection Agency, adults ingest about 20 milligrams of indoor dust every day. (harvard.edu)
ECHO3
  • Your Amazon Echo is a sitting duck for dust and debris. (cnet.com)
  • This should remove nearly all of the dust and food stuck on your Echo speaker. (cnet.com)
  • After you've removed all the dust and debris from your Echo, grab a microfiber cloth to give it a good wipe down to catch anything you missed. (cnet.com)
Moon's1
  • Samples of lunar soil are too scarce and valuable to use in everyday experiments, so the researchers used dust samples from Earth that resemble soil found in lunar highlands and the Moon's volcanic plains. (agu.org)
Lung cancer2
Content1
  • In the application described, the ATEX type approved ProSens was used to measure the dust content. (envea.global)
Scientists1
  • But scientists continue to observe dust blowing off the lakebed . (sltrib.com)
Winds1
  • Derry chose a site in a clearing surrounded by trees to protect the dust deposit from winds but not affected by blowing pine needles. (steamboatpilot.com)
Stars2
  • Webb shows us a complexity of the earliest birthplaces of stars (and planets) that models are yet to explain. (digitaltrends.com)
  • This is the first time that processed dust has been detetected in very young T Tauri stars (~1 Myr). (aanda.org)
Snow13
  • Dust also collects on snow, making it darker. (sltrib.com)
  • Something new is happening," said Skiles, who has measured Utah dust since 2009, "and it's hard to say from two years alone, but it seems we're entering a new dust on snow regime. (sltrib.com)
  • Snow melting off earlier in the season also means mountain forests will dry out more quickly in the summer. (sltrib.com)
  • To some degree, dust on snow is a natural phenomenon," Mallia said. (sltrib.com)
  • Early October dusting of snow on peaks towards the west. (mtbproject.com)
  • Snow Hydrologist Jeff Derry, standing, instructs Colorado Mountain College Professor Becky Edmiston during a dust measuring outing on May 16. (steamboatpilot.com)
  • The white snow pit highlights the surrounding dust-on-snow deposit from May 8. (steamboatpilot.com)
  • Colorado researchers who monitor 11 mountain pass sites, including Rabbit Ears Pass, say another important metric to add to the mix should be dust on snow. (steamboatpilot.com)
  • Dust severity on snow is getting worse in Colorado in the last 30 years, with a lot of variability from years," Derry said. (steamboatpilot.com)
  • The researcher has monitored and sampled dust on snow at the Rabbit Ears site from mid-April to May since 2005. (steamboatpilot.com)
  • Spring dust events can increase spring snow melt thus impacting late summer water flows and water quality. (steamboatpilot.com)
  • By tracking the dust layer, it gives an albedo forecast, or the absorption level of the snow surface," Derry said. (steamboatpilot.com)
  • Dust remaining on the snow surface from May 8 to 20 ramped up local snowmelt rates, Derry said. (steamboatpilot.com)
Time2
  • Additionally, the new monitor continuously displays near- real-time dust exposure data during the shift. (cdc.gov)
  • But that means it's easy to neglect the layer of dust and other gross buildup that has formed over time. (cnet.com)
Shows3
  • Acquired April 29, 2013, this image shows a dust plume stretching from northern Algeria to southern France. (nasa.gov)
  • Acquired January 21, 2013, this image shows a dust plume stretching from Libya to Italy. (nasa.gov)
  • Acquired June 24, 2012, this natural-color image shows dust off the coast of Morocco. (nasa.gov)
Universe1
  • That appears to be similar to findings of compounds called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), however, it wouldn't have been possible for these complex compounds to have formed so early in the universe. (digitaltrends.com)
Years3
  • Applying this model to a typical protoplanetary disk predicts the growth of cm-sized dust aggregates within a few thousand years 4 . (jove.com)
  • The median duration between Sept. 11, 2001, and the earliest available CT scan was 11.3 years. (medscape.com)
  • Not only is the collection From Dust to Digital: Ten Years of the Endangered Archives Programme a valuable addition to any academic library, it is an important proof of the importance of the funding programme itself. (openbookpublishers.com)