• The dust particles are from Comet 81P/Wild (also known as Wild 2) and date to the beginning of the Solar System, containing clues about its earliest history. (astronomynow.com)
  • The investigators also looked for phyllosilicates, which are clays that preserve water inside of them, but to date studies of particles collected by Stardust has not yielded any phyllosilicates. (astronomynow.com)
  • Household dust is much more complex than the various sized particles used by standard vacuum cleaner tests. (dyson.co.uk)
  • Real dust is a complex matrix of components including dust mites, dust mite faeces, bacteria, mould, small insects and particles. (dyson.co.uk)
  • NIST researchers and collaborators developed a method of measuring these nanoscale particles as a prelude to studying their light-scattering properties. (nist.gov)
  • Another factor in its appearance is the size and shape of moon dust particles, the small rock grains that cover the moon's surface. (nist.gov)
  • Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are now measuring tinier moon dust particles than ever before, a step toward more precisely explaining the Moon's apparent color and brightness. (nist.gov)
  • NIST researchers and collaborators have developed a complex method of measuring the exact three-dimensional shape of 25 particles of moon dust collected during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. (nist.gov)
  • Follow-up studies will include many more particles, and more clearly link their shape to light scattering. (nist.gov)
  • The results indicated that the color of light absorbed by a moon dust particle is highly sensitive to its shape and can be significantly different from that of spherical or ellipsoidal particles of the same size. (nist.gov)
  • NASA's Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) mission, set for launch in June 2022, aims to deepen researchers' understanding of these fine particles of soil, silt, and clay from Earth's deserts and, ultimately, how they affect our planet's climate. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Using image spectrometer technology developed at JPL , EMIT will map the surface composition of minerals in Earth's dust-producing regions, helping climate scientists better understand the impact of airborne dust particles in heating and cooling Earth's atmosphere. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Darker, iron-rich dust absorbs the Sun's heat and warms the surrounding air, while lighter-colored particles, rich in clay, do the opposite. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Different kinds of dust have different properties - they're acidic, they're basic, they're light-colored, they're dark - that determine how the particles interact with Earth's atmosphere, as well as its land, water, and organisms," said Robert O. Green, EMIT's principal investigator and a longtime researcher at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. (scitechdaily.com)
  • When strong winds on one continent stir up mineral rock dust (such as calcite or chlorite), the airborne particles can travel thousands of miles to affect entirely different continents. (scitechdaily.com)
  • A standard cheap fiberglass filter protects your furnace from large dust particles and provides maximum airflow, but it does little to reduce household dust. (familyhandyman.com)
  • These dust particles can act as the nuclei around which ice forms within clouds at warmer temperatures than would occur in their absence. (ucsd.edu)
  • In previous studies, researchers have found that pollution particles have the opposite effect, suppressing precipitation in the Sierra Nevada. (ucsd.edu)
  • HPAI viruses disperse in aerosols, in fomites carried by human and animal vectors, and via feathers, fecal particles, and to a great extent, dust ( 7 - 9 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Poultry farms are known to heavily generate dust particles that spread from feed, litter, feces, and animal skin and feathers ( 9 , 10 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Aggregation of cohesive particles floating in a medium is a very broad physical phenomena occurring in colloidal systems, soot particles, and intergalactic dust under gravitation. (aps.org)
  • Larger or more coarse particles, including dust and pollen are more restricted to the thoracic cavity and unable to penetrate the smaller airway systems. (who.int)
  • In order to protect their work force, respirable protective equipment was used all the time and various dust suppression systems were implemented to try and control the amount of respirable dusts in the air. (trolex.com)
  • Data provided by these studies helped to support development of a NIOSH Criteria Document evaluating relationships between respirable coal mine dust exposure and risk of adverse health effects and recommendations for preventing respiratory diseases caused by inhalation of coal mine dust. (cdc.gov)
  • The study, commissioned by the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC), measured particle concentrations to determine whether loaded coal trains are a larger source of emissions than other trains. (abc.net.au)
  • The research team developed a method for both measuring and computationally analyzing how the dust particle shapes scatter light. (nist.gov)
  • Lecture 1: Introduction Why study particle characterization? (freevideolectures.com)
  • A short range attractive force can be induced by the combination of buoyancy and capillarity to create self-assembled particle structures which can be tracked by imaging. (aps.org)
  • This dark and ominous track suggests that there is danger around the corner. (neosounds.com)
  • The memo HNTB sent to the MPO suggests dusting off eight railroad corridors that the planning agency identified in previous studies, but to show them in more detail for public presentation. (ibj.com)
  • The first structural neuroimaging study conducted in this population suggests that a neurodegenerative condition is present in those affected. (medscape.com)
  • Perseverance Rover recorded a very tall dust devil in the distance on Aug. 30, 2023. (wikipedia.org)
  • The researchers realized that this was a rare opportunity: the disk was protruding out from its usual cover of thick dust. (universetoday.com)
  • Childhood exposure to lead dust has been linked to lasting physical and behavioral effects, and now lead dust from vehicles using leaded gasoline has been linked to instances of aggravated assault two decades after exposure, according to researchers. (sciencedaily.com)
  • More samples of comets are urgently required to better understand the early history of the Solar System, say researchers analyzing comet dust brought back to Earth by NASA's Stardust mission in 2006. (astronomynow.com)
  • Professor Paul Kench, formerly of the University of Auckland, now at Simon Fraser University in Canada, and Professor Gerd Masselink from the University of Plymouth were co-researchers in the study , published by the Geological Society of America in Geology . (wattsupwiththat.com)
  • A team of researchers from Hopkins and the University of California, San Francisco will quantitatively assess children's dust and soil exposures using a set of novel research approaches. (jhunewsletter.com)
  • These researchers have been studying moon dust for several years . (nist.gov)
  • NIST researchers have been measuring moon dust collected during the Apollo missions for several years. (nist.gov)
  • Researchers analyzed satellite imagery and historical photos, tracking changes in more than 1,000 glaciers over more than a century. (enn.com)
  • Researchers have long known that winds can carry aerosols such as dust at altitudes above 5,000 meters (16,400 feet) from continent to continent. (ucsd.edu)
  • The researchers' analysis of winter storms in 2011 found that dust and biological aerosols tend to enhance precipitation-forming processes in the Sierra Nevada. (ucsd.edu)
  • CalWater researchers used instruments known as aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometers (ATOFMS), co-developed by Prather, and the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) satellite, which tracked the transport of aerosols through the atmosphere from continent to continent. (ucsd.edu)
  • Using these tools, the researchers were able to determine that at least some of the dust and bioparticles detected by an aircraft-mounted ATOFMS unit during February 2011 flights through Sierra Nevada storm clouds were in the skies over Oman 10 days earlier, having likely originated in the Sahara a few days before that. (ucsd.edu)
  • In these cases, the Italian researchers say blood testing for mesothelin is an effective alternative for tracking mesothelioma tumor progression. (survivingmesothelioma.com)
  • This study confirms our previous finding of a strong positive association between [mesothelin] and CT," write the researchers. (survivingmesothelioma.com)
  • Researchers in RHD continued and expanded on the study of the Vermont granite industry. (cdc.gov)
  • On 7 November 2016, five dust devils ranging in height from 0.5 to 1.9 kilometers were imaged in a single observation by the Mars Orbiter Mission in the Martian southern hemisphere. (wikipedia.org)
  • A famous example of this is Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, which was studied up close by the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission from 2014 to 2016. (astronomynow.com)
  • In this study, we test the hypothesis that chemistry of snow, wet deposition, and aerosols can be used as a surrogate for dust deposition to snow. (usgs.gov)
  • Spatial patterns in chemistry of snow, wet deposition, and aerosols indicate that dust deposition increases from north to south in the Rocky Mountains, and temporal trends indicate that winter/spring dust deposition increased by 81% in the southern Rockies during 1993-2014. (usgs.gov)
  • Distinguished Chair in Atmospheric Chemistry Kimberly Prather and colleagues analyzed aerosols - bits of dust, biomatter and pollution - that fell to Earth in precipitation during winter storms in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. (ucsd.edu)
  • We were able to show dust and biological aerosols that made it from as far as the Sahara were incorporated into the clouds to form ice, then influenced the formation of the precipitation in California," said Creamean, who conducted the fieldwork as a graduate student under Prather, the study leader who holds appointments at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCSD. (ucsd.edu)
  • The study, "Dust and Biological Aerosols from the Sahara and Asia Influence Precipitation in the Western US," appeared Feb. 28 in online versions of Science. (ucsd.edu)
  • Besides dust, aerosols can be bits of soot and other pollution, or biological material. (ucsd.edu)
  • The authors conclude that workers in the track six mail room are not at risk of harmful exposures to newsprint dust, ink mist, or diesel exhaust emissions. (cdc.gov)
  • A coherent understanding of when mortality of viable microorganisms does or does not occur in dust, and whether different light exposures influence these processes at the microbial community scale, is still lacking. (biomedcentral.com)
  • however, few studies have looked at the potential consequences associated with these exposures. (yourlawyer.com)
  • Even so, you can make out Hellas Basin, the bright, large oval area at the lower right, where many global dust storms originate. (planetary.org)
  • Huge dust storms like this one are actually mergers of smaller storms and they are rare. (planetary.org)
  • In fact, these monster storms only appear every three to four Mars years (about six to eight Earth years) on average, luring and challenging today's atmospheric scientists to figure out how and why local dust squalls turn regional and then grow to engulf the planet. (planetary.org)
  • The Planet-Encircling Dust Events (PEDEs), as Cantor defined these massive storms, churn up dust from the Martian terrain high into the atmosphere, "in excess of 60 kilometers," he said. (planetary.org)
  • Co-researcher Dr Murray Ford, also from the University of Auckland, says the study shows islands are more resilient than previously thought, able to change shape or physically adjust to higher sea levels and more severe storms. (wattsupwiththat.com)
  • A SWARM of 'smart dust' spacecraft, positioned at a sweet spot between the Earth and the sun, could alert us to the approach of dangerous space storms well before. (acm.org)
  • Tyler Hudd, our household dust technician weighs and measures the amount of dust picked up in a real home. (dyson.co.uk)
  • In fact, we have dedicated laboratories that analyse the components of household dust and spend millions of dollars each year on dust samples so that we know the machines we make are optimised to pick dust up properly - even the dust you can't see. (dyson.co.uk)
  • What is household dust? (dyson.co.uk)
  • We wanted to really understand what was in household dust, but couldn't find the expertise anywhere so decided to build our own lab. (dyson.co.uk)
  • Our microbiology and household dust lab allow us to investigate the components of real dust and debris found in real homes. (dyson.co.uk)
  • Using dust samples collected at home, a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) analysis creates images which allow us to identify components of household dust which then informs our product development. (dyson.co.uk)
  • Specifically, we placed household dust in replicate model "rooms" with windows that transmitted visible, ultraviolet, or no light and measured taxonomic compositions, absolute abundances, and viabilities of the resulting bacterial communities. (biomedcentral.com)
  • These elements can improve soil quality and grassland performance, but there have been few studies of the effects of basalt rock dust additions to grassland soils in the UK. (findaphd.com)
  • Ongoing and newly established UK field trials provide excellent opportunity to study how basalt rock dust affects soil biology, chemistry, structure and functioning, including effects on grassland production. (findaphd.com)
  • The research area has potential to address a wide range of inmoortant questions- about effects on soil organic matter stocks, whether the basalt dust can facilitate growth of nitrogen-fixing legumes in grasslands thereby raising soil fertility without using fertilizer, and the effects on floristic composition and productivity of grasslands, and on soil organisms such as earthworms. (findaphd.com)
  • Oct. 22, 2019 Scientists have developed a forensic tracer that uses lead isotopes to detect and measure coal fly ash in dust, soil and sediments. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The team has received $1.35 million dollars from an EPA grant to assess the exposure of children to dust and soil. (jhunewsletter.com)
  • Recently the project INnovations to generate estimates of children's soil/dust inTakes (INGEST) received a $1.35 million research grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). (jhunewsletter.com)
  • however, soil and dust ingestion tends to be the most important pathway in many Superfund risk assessments," he said. (jhunewsletter.com)
  • Our goal is to tackle this barrier and to provide data that support our previous assumptions about soil and dust exposure. (jhunewsletter.com)
  • I'm an agricultural worker and am interested in soil and dust ingestion, which I studied for my dissertation, so it is really great to get this opportunity to pursue this research question in this highly exposed and vulnerable population," she said. (jhunewsletter.com)
  • The details about each activity would allow us to construct a temporal history of how children spend their time, which then gives us an insight about which activities involve a lot of soil and dust contact," Nachman said. (jhunewsletter.com)
  • The second objective is to identify which activities are the causes of high soil and dust exposure. (jhunewsletter.com)
  • Past studies looked at biological samples, such as stool samples, to identify the metal element tracers that are also present in dust and soil. (jhunewsletter.com)
  • The range of children potentially exposed to lead in dust and soil is estimated at 5.9 million to 11.7 million children. (cdc.gov)
  • While the evaluation of water and soil-borne pathogens is common, the study aimed to fill the gap in understanding the risks associated with dust and soil-borne particulates. (foodsafetynews.com)
  • This period saw an increase in airborne lead dust exposure due to the use of leaded gasoline. (sciencedaily.com)
  • An upcoming NASA mission, the Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT), will help scientists better understand the role of airborne dust in heating and cooling the atmosphere. (scitechdaily.com)
  • The exposure to chemicals, dust, and airborne particulates found at the WTC site have been causally linked to hepatotoxicity. (medscape.com)
  • Lastly, to analyze dust particulates from animal operations for fecal contamination biomarkers and the presence of pathogens. (foodsafetynews.com)
  • Mesothelioma is the most serious of a list of diseases - including lung cancer, pleural plaques, asbestosis, and others - linked with exposure to asbestos dust. (survivingmesothelioma.com)
  • An emotional hybrid orchestral track. (neosounds.com)
  • A mysterious and dramatic orchestral track. (neosounds.com)
  • An orchestral track that builds up from a quiet piano pulse, gradually towards a surge of energy. (neosounds.com)
  • Some of this material consists of pre-solar grains - circumstellar dust grains condensed in the outflows (emissions) of other stars long before the Solar System formed. (astronomynow.com)
  • A study into dust emissions from train movements in the Hunter Valley has found little difference between the dust being produced by coal trains compared to other trains. (abc.net.au)
  • Previous studies have shown that aeolian dust emissions may have doubled globally during the 20th century, possibly due to drought and land-use change. (usgs.gov)
  • Climate projections for increased aridity in the southwestern U.S., northern Africa, and other mid-latitude regions of the northern Hemisphere suggest that aeolian dust emissions may continue to increase, compounding the risk that climate warming poses to snowpack water resources in arid/semi-arid regions of the world. (usgs.gov)
  • One of the most important candidate materials for enhanced weathering is basalt rock dust as this contains a wide range of essential elements and is rich in silica and calcium. (findaphd.com)
  • To explore the silica-silicosis-cancer relationship, NIOSH entered into an international partnership with the US National Cancer Institute and the Tongji Medical University in China to study Chinese workers exposed to silica-containing dusts. (cdc.gov)
  • NIOSH efforts included a campaign with the slogan, " If it's silica, it's not just dust " and three new documents to warn against the hazards of silica for abrasive blasters, rock drillers , and construction workers . (cdc.gov)
  • But for our own Milky Way, that knowledge is blocked by thick clouds of gas and dust. (universetoday.com)
  • Measurements in and around clouds utilized the Department of Energy's G-1 research aircraft, which carried other vital instruments, such as a specialized detector for the presence of dust ice nuclei feeding clouds and their presence in the collected residue of ice crystals. (ucsd.edu)
  • I'm tracking severe, severe clouds, more like dust storm[s]. (chartattack.com)
  • Detecting astrophysical neutrinos would offer an unprecedented way of studying comic objects across vast distances, similar to the way infrared light allows us to peer into opaque cosmic dust clouds to see stars forming. (newscientist.com)
  • He also said that one air-monitoring station may miss harder-hit areas and that the risk to residents of prolonged exposure to the dust is still unknown. (flatheadbeacon.com)
  • It is hypothesized that this increased risk is a result of exposure to the dust and gases liberated by the destruction of the twin towers and/or the psychological stress of working in such dramatic human and environmental disaster. (cdc.gov)
  • Dust from a concrete-crushing operation hangs in the air, along with high levels of diesel smoke, and the area has high rates of asthma and other respiratory illnesses. (hcn.org)
  • ALFORD subsequently joined NIOSH in 1971, became the Division of Respiratory Disease Studies in 1977, and then the Respiratory Health Division (RHD) in 2015. (cdc.gov)
  • CWHSP has played a major role in tracking the burden of respiratory disease in coal miners and in detecting recent increases in pneumoconiosis affecting coal miners. (cdc.gov)
  • Dust mite droppings, dead bodies of dust mites, and small insects are included as allergens. (dyson.co.uk)
  • The size of dust mite allergen, mould spores and other insect allergens is often between 0.5 to 5 microns. (dyson.co.uk)
  • All of our research has shown us that the best way to remove bacteria, pollen and dust mite allergens is to remove them from your home completely. (dyson.co.uk)
  • Springtime warming and aeolian dust deposition accelerate snowmelt, increasing the risk of water shortages during late summer, when demand is greatest. (usgs.gov)
  • While climate networks provide data that can be used to evaluate the effect of warming on snowpack resources, there are no established regional networks for monitoring aeolian dust deposition to snow. (usgs.gov)
  • We then analyze spatial patterns and temporal trends in inferred springtime dust deposition to snow across the Rocky Mountains, USA, for 1993-2014. (usgs.gov)
  • Geochemical evidence, including strong correlations (r 2 ≥ 0.94) between Ca 2+ , alkalinity, and dust concentrations in snow deposited during dust events, indicate that carbonate minerals in dust impart a strong chemical signature that can be used to track dust deposition to snow. (usgs.gov)
  • Using a multivariate modeling approach, we determined that increases in dust deposition and decreases in springtime snowfall combined to accelerate snowmelt timing in the southern Rockies by approximately 7-18 days between 1993 and 2014. (usgs.gov)
  • Secondly, to investigate the impact of humidity on dust deposition on produce and the survival of pathogens within the dust. (foodsafetynews.com)
  • The purpose of this trial was to investigate how effective dust control tactics already in place on-site were for our client, and whether they made a difference to their dust levels that weren't visible during visual inspections via CCTV. (trolex.com)
  • Jan. 23, 2019 Lead exposure in childhood appears to have long-lasting negative effects on mental health and personality in adulthood, according to a study of people who grew up in the era of leaded gasoline. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Martian dust devils are convective atmospheric vortices that occur on the surface of Mars. (wikipedia.org)
  • Although comparable to terrestrial dust devils in formation and appearance, Martian dust devils can be many times larger than those found on Earth. (wikipedia.org)
  • Photographs from the Viking orbiters revealed tracks across the Martian surface suspected to be caused by dust devils, and data from the landers' meteorological instruments confirmed convective vortices as the cause. (wikipedia.org)
  • Martian dust devils have since been detected and photographed by both orbiting satellites and rovers on the surface. (wikipedia.org)
  • On 27 September 2021, the Perseverance rover directly encountered a Martian dust devil, imaging and recording the sound of the vortex as it passed, the first such observation in the history of Mars exploration. (wikipedia.org)
  • On average, however, Martian dust devils are about three times as large as their terrestrial counterparts. (wikipedia.org)
  • The greater height of Martian dust devils may be due to a planetary boundary layer which is several kilometers thicker on average than Earth's. (wikipedia.org)
  • By uplifting large amounts of surface material high above the ground, they may be responsible for as much as 30% of the dust found in the Martian atmosphere, which creates a warming effect and regulates the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere. (wikipedia.org)
  • The tracks left by Martian dust devils are distinguished by their dark, filament-like appearance, although lighter-colored tracks have also been observed. (wikipedia.org)
  • Mars' stormy weather through 11 June 2018 This series of images, created with imagery processed by the Mars Color Imager (MARCI) crew at Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS), shows simulated views of the path of the ongoing epic dust storm event as it moves across the planet, darkening the Martian sky and blotting out the Sun from Opportunity's view. (planetary.org)
  • In the meantime, a new initiative is paving the way for training the next generation that this type of surveillance is completely normal: school uniforms equipped with tracking chips to supposedly fight truancy. (activistpost.com)
  • The most insidious part of what is taking shape in China and across the world with the rise of smart tech surveillance and tracking is that children, having grown up without a reference point for any semblance of self-ownership , will now form a much easier population to oppress in the future. (activistpost.com)
  • Our results suggest dust contributes to viral dispersal, even early in an outbreak, and could be a valuable surveillance tool. (cdc.gov)
  • We evaluated the role of dust as a vehicle of H5N8 clade 2.3.4.4b virus and assessed whether dust or aerosol sampling is a viable alternative to bird swab sampling for HPAI virus surveillance. (cdc.gov)
  • We specifically included houses without clinical signs among animals to evaluate virus dispersal and dust testing for HPAI surveillance in the early stages of infection. (cdc.gov)
  • Surveillance activities tracked the burden of diseases and enhanced the quality of spirometry and chest radiography used to screen workers. (cdc.gov)
  • The ED visits associated with PCP use have been tracked through the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN), a public health surveillance system that monitors drug-related ED visits in the United States. (medscape.com)
  • May 27, 2021 Lead paint and leaded gasoline have been banned for decades, but unsafe levels of lead remain in some urban soils, a new study finds. (sciencedaily.com)
  • We conducted virologic analysis of aerosol and dust collected on poultry farms in France during 2020-2021. (cdc.gov)
  • During December 2020-April 2021, we conducted a study in 63 poultry houses located in 4 departments (administrative units) in France highly affected by HPAI H5N8 virus outbreaks. (cdc.gov)
  • Because the instrument is mounted on the rover mast, it is exposed to the fine dust which settles from the atmosphere and is exposed to a difficult thermal environment. (ucl.ac.uk)
  • McGrath, 73, grew up in Butte and has long been one of the voices in the neighborhood asking whether the dust that settles on his roof and car includes a dangerous mix of toxic metals. (flatheadbeacon.com)
  • Dust suspended in the air can heat or cool the atmosphere and Earth's surface. (scitechdaily.com)
  • The amount of dust present in the air of the site's enclosed buildings vary, as well as the composition of said dust. (trolex.com)
  • As the veteran Mars Exploration Rover (MER) slept in Endeavour Crater's Perseverance Valley under the thick cloud of dust that has blanketed the Red Planet for the last six weeks, scientists who are studying the monster storm that forced the robot field geologist into its hibernation mode are now reporting the tempest has peaked. (planetary.org)
  • Because few crops grow in deserts, the world's dust-producing regions tend to be undersampled, so scientists must assume dust composition in their computer simulations, which combine land, water, and air data to model climate changes. (scitechdaily.com)
  • While Greenland's sprawling ice sheet has been the subject of much research, for the new study scientists sought to study the impact of warming on the hundreds of glaciers dotting Greenland's coastline. (enn.com)
  • Extra risk factors not included in the FHS score are a) heavy exposure to the 9/11 dust cloud and b) PTSD and depression. (cdc.gov)
  • A published New York University (NYU) Langone Health study has found that children who were exposed to the chemicals in the toxic cloud following the 2001 terrorist attacks are now showing early signs of risks for heart disease. (yourlawyer.com)
  • The children researched in in the study are likely to be young adults now who were exposed to the dust cloud at the time of the attacks and who are enrollees in the World Trade Center Health Registry (WTCHR). (yourlawyer.com)
  • In 2005, the Spirit rover directly encountered a dust devil which blew off the dust which had accumulated on the rover's solar panels, dramatically increasing power levels and enhancing research productivity. (wikipedia.org)
  • 3. At each site, to conduct an integral set of measurements at multiple scales: beginning with a panoramic assessment of the geological environment, progressing to smaller-scale investigations on surface outcrops, and culminating with the collection of well-selected subsurface (or surface) samples to be studied in the Rover's analytical laboratory. (ucl.ac.uk)
  • Also known as mineral dust or desert dust, it can influence weather, hasten snowmelt, and fertilize plants on land and in the ocean. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Children are extremely sensitive to lead dust, and lead exposure has latent neuroanatomical effects that severely impact future societal behavior and welfare," says Mielke. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Up to 90 per cent of the variation in aggravated assault across the cities is explained by the amount of lead dust released 22 years earlier. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Tons of lead dust were released between 1950 and 1985 in urban areas by vehicles using leaded gasoline, and improper handling of lead-based paint also has contributed to contamination. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Take-home contamination occurs when lead dust is transferred from the workplace on employees' skin, clothing, shoes, and other personal items to their car and home ( 4 ). (cdc.gov)
  • The lead risk assessment revealed detectable lead dust on the floor of the home, but no lead-containing paint was detected in the home. (cdc.gov)
  • What kind of technology can be used to remove dust and its particulate matter? (dyson.co.uk)
  • What's the best way to remove dust and its hidden components? (dyson.co.uk)
  • These furnace filters are one of the best for how to remove dust from air. (familyhandyman.com)
  • This heating or cooling effect is the focus of NASA's Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) mission. (scitechdaily.com)
  • and mineral dust. (who.int)
  • The lifting of surface material through the vortex creates a visible dust devil. (wikipedia.org)
  • The family reported there was frequently visible dust in his hair, and the children often touched his hair. (cdc.gov)
  • Previous research by the team, which used aerial photos going back as far as 1943 to track changes to the 101 islands that make up the Tuvalu archipelago, found that overall there was a net gain in land area of 2.9 percent or 73.5ha over the past 40 years. (wattsupwiththat.com)
  • Finally, after five long days tracking tyre-marks through the desert and mountains, he'd found them. (bookstrand.com)
  • At least that was the plan when instead he found himself drawn to studying the foreigner. (bookstrand.com)
  • Montana Resources established a monitor to track metals in the air around Greeley, and an independent review found no threats to human health , which the state health department backed. (flatheadbeacon.com)
  • An unrelated 2009 study found that in one instance, Asian dust made a complete circuit around the planet in 13 days. (ucsd.edu)
  • The study found that cancer risks were 22% higher among those workers who had silicosis. (cdc.gov)
  • 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)
  • Last year, a separate study on liver conditions in 9/11 first responders found an elevated risk for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) . (medscape.com)
  • In regard to other health concerns, a study of 9/11 first responders with cognitive impairment found cortical thinning across multiple brain regions, including those commonly affected by Alzheimer's disease. (medscape.com)
  • The level of reduction in the study was similar to that commonly found in patients with dementia and may reflect early-stage dementia occurring in midlife. (medscape.com)
  • So, in our study, we found that among STEC outbreaks with a single type of leafy green that was identified as the outbreak's source, most were linked to romaine. (cdc.gov)
  • After the client had given the detailed historical overview of their processes, a suitable location for the Air XD Dust Monitor experiment in the site's process had been identified. (trolex.com)
  • University of Arizona researcher Kelly Bright presented findings from her team's study titled "When the E. coli hits the fan! (foodsafetynews.com)
  • It has, however, been difficult to extend these findings to dust communities in real buildings since ordinary windows transmit visible light and block most ultraviolet wavelengths [ 26 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Abnormal lipid levels in young adults might be an early marker of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases and our findings highlight the importance of conducting longitudinal studies in this population. (yourlawyer.com)
  • This confirmed older findings showing that death from silicosis and tuberculosis were the major health threats before 1940, and also that there was excessive mortality from lung cancer in stone shed workers who had been employed prior to 1930 when there was exposure to high levels of granite dust. (cdc.gov)
  • Evaluating the risks of dust associated produce cross contamination" at symposium's on Tuesday morning session. (foodsafetynews.com)
  • Bright emphasized the need for larger studies with more samples and a variety of animal feeding operations to further understand the risks to fresh produce fields and other food growing operations. (foodsafetynews.com)
  • The unpredictable nature of the site's dust pattern made it very hard to effectively assess how safe their environment was to work in. (trolex.com)
  • We report results of an experiment and computational models designed to assess the effects of light exposure and wavelengths on the structure of the dust microbiome. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This cohort study will assess conventional cardiovascular disease (CVD) determinants, 9/11-related dust exposure, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), of 6,503 participants of the Mt. Sinai and North Shore LIJ World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program recruited between January 2012 and June 2013. (cdc.gov)
  • Their patterns reveal several notable trends regarding the behavior of dust devils on Mars. (wikipedia.org)
  • This in turn might help improve tracking of weather patterns and other phenomena by satellite cameras that use the Moon as a calibration source. (nist.gov)
  • 3. Study the properties of the atmosphere and variable phenomena, including water and dust content of the atmosphere. (ucl.ac.uk)
  • We study the aggregation phenomena due to the fusion of initial small clusters in one large cluster. (aps.org)
  • Its atmospheric impacts are included in climate models, but it remains unclear whether dust has a net warming or cooling effect on the planet, and how this is changing over time. (scitechdaily.com)
  • The transmission of sunlight through windows is a key building design consideration, but the effects of light exposure on dust communities remain unclear. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The results of the study indicated that detecting pathogens directly from air samples was challenging. (foodsafetynews.com)
  • National Coal Worker's Autopsy Study (NCWAS) determined if CWP or other lung diseases were present at death. (cdc.gov)
  • Through the WTC Health Program , the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to track diseases and conditions associated with 9/11. (medscape.com)
  • OBJECTIVES: This study aims to demonstrate the usefulness of the National Hospital Care Survey (NHCS) for studying rare diseases. (cdc.gov)
  • We demonstrate the usefulness of NHCS for studying rare diseases by reporting, for each rare disease, the number of patients in NHCS with the disease, the average number of hospital encounters per patient, the average length of hospital stay, and the percent of patients who died either in-hospital or within 90 days after discharge. (cdc.gov)
  • It's springtime in southern hemisphere, where a dust storm ballooned into a global event in mid-June blanketing the planet. (planetary.org)
  • What this means is that more dust is falling out of the atmosphere than is being raised into it,"elaborated Zurek, who is also Project Scientist of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) mission, which has instrument teams researching and documenting various aspects of this storm. (planetary.org)
  • EMIT will focus on 10 important dust varieties, including those containing iron oxides, whose dark-red hues can cause strong warming of the atmosphere. (scitechdaily.com)
  • A total of 3328 steelworkers who underwent occupational health evaluations between January and September 2017 were included in this study. (bvsalud.org)
  • While the dust haze is still widespread, "Opportunity may be getting some energy from the Sun now," said MER Project Manager John Callas, of JPL. (planetary.org)
  • The sun was finally setting in a stubborn haze of coal smoke, dust, and fatigue. (hmssurprise.org)
  • McCormack VA, Perry NM, Vinnicombe SJ, Dos Santos Silva I (2010) Changes and tracking of mammographic density in relation to Pike's model of breast tissue aging: a UK longitudinal study. (who.int)
  • The MER team, as well as the entire Red Planet community, has been keeping a close eye on the global maps and movies produced by one of the most prominent Mars weathermen, Bruce Cantor, of Malin Space Science Systems, who has been studying the meteorological conditions there for more than 20 years. (planetary.org)
  • The research focused on the role of dust as a vehicle for microbial dispersal and produce contamination by pathogens. (foodsafetynews.com)
  • The research team also recommended using a risk-based approach, such as implementing physical barriers or buffer crops near animal operations, monitoring wind and dust levels, and conducting additional product testing or delaying harvest when conditions pose a higher risk of dust contamination. (foodsafetynews.com)
  • The study focused on the risk of animal-source contamination on fresh produce, which can lead to foodborne illnesses. (foodsafetynews.com)
  • METHODS: Use of cross-sectional studies. (bvsalud.org)
  • Numerous methods for conducting field studies of mos- (e.g. (cdc.gov)
  • developing methods to track symptoms declined recently following a rising and disease management. (cdc.gov)
  • For lung fibrosis or asbestosis, on the other hand, he noted that the role of fibers shorter than 5 µm is not as clear and might require further study. (cdc.gov)
  • Dr. Case suggested designing a laboratory animal study to characterize the extent to which fibers translocate into the pleura, and to determine whether translocation preferentially occurs for any fiber dimensions or types. (cdc.gov)
  • Just make sure to let them air dry (so they'll stay soft), and don't use bleach or fabric softener, which degrades the fibers and reduces their ability to attract and hold dust. (familyhandyman.com)
  • Closets are dust reservoirs, full of tiny fibers from clothes, towels and bedding. (familyhandyman.com)
  • You can't prevent clothes from shedding fibers, but you can make closets easier to keep clean and vastly cut down on dust. (familyhandyman.com)
  • Clear plastic containers are best-they lock fibers in and dust out and let you see what's inside. (familyhandyman.com)
  • They help to contain fibers and keep the clothes themselves from becoming coated with dust. (familyhandyman.com)
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  • Dust devils are believed to play an important role in the climate of Mars. (wikipedia.org)
  • Low-lying Pacific islands in atoll archipelagos such as Tuvalu, Tokelau and Kiribati are likely to adapt to the effects of climate change rather than simply sink beneath the waves, a new study shows. (wattsupwiththat.com)
  • With the EMIT data, he added, "we'll be on track to map the world's dust-source regions and understand how dust heats and cools the planet, as well as how that might change under future climate scenarios. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Normally in climate models, we model dust as yellow - the average color of all types of dust - but if you've ever gone to a desert region, you'll know that sand is not all one color," Mahowald said. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Starting in the 1930s, Danish pilots clad in polar bear-fur suits set out on aerial mapping campaigns of Greenland and ended up collecting over 200,000 photos of the island's coastline," said Laura Larocca, a NOAA climate scientist and lead author of the study. (enn.com)
  • The CalWater field campaign, funded by the California Energy Commission and led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD and NOAA, could help western states better understand the future of such resources as climate change influences how much and how often dust travels around the world. (ucsd.edu)
  • The Mars Pathfinder rover detected 79 convective vortices through atmospheric pressure data, and imaged several dust devils with its wide-angle camera. (wikipedia.org)
  • This method is used to estimate the extent to which children are exposed to dust but is insufficient to give quantitative proof. (jhunewsletter.com)
  • Purdue University researcher Mohit Verma presented his project on "Field evaluation of microfluidic paper-based analytical devices for microbial source tracking" to his audience of professionals from industry, government and academia on Tuesday. (foodsafetynews.com)
  • Microbial communities associated with indoor dust abound in the built environment. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Culture-based investigations of a small number of bacterial taxa have indicated that exposure to light, and especially ultraviolet (UV) wavelengths [ 16 , 22 - 25 ], can inactivate many microorganisms and therefore potentially reduce dust microbial community viability. (biomedcentral.com)
  • All that dust makes life difficult for astronomers who are trying to understand all the radiation in the center of the Milky Way, and what exactly its source is. (universetoday.com)
  • UVC light - ultra violet light that is a kind of radiation - is often quoted as a method of destroying dust mites in the right conditions, which is true. (dyson.co.uk)
  • The WTC-Heart cohort study's primary objective is to examine whether the Framingham Heart Study (FHS) score for coronary heart disease (CHD) predicts the risk for primary and subsequent myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke among rescue workers and volunteers (responders) that survived the 9/11 World Trade Center (WTC) disaster. (cdc.gov)
  • WTC-Heart (n=6,481) is a rigorous cohort study comprised of responders and volunteers recruited at the WTC Health Program (WTCHP). (cdc.gov)
  • and the dust lifting centers seem to be petering out," said Richard Zurek, Chief Scientist of the Mars Program Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), the birthplace of all NASA's Mars rovers and orbiters. (planetary.org)