Tiny air pollution particles may be doing more than irritating our lungs. A new study links long-term exposure to PM2.5 to a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ultrafine particles stem from a variety of natural and human-made sources, including vehicle exhaust. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Long ...

Tiny aerosol particles in the air play a big role in regulating how much sunlight our planet absorbs or reflects, and how clouds form above us. In a recent study, researchers found that extreme heat ...

Air pollution particles inhaled by pregnant mothers can make their way into the tissues and organs of developing fetuses, according to a new study. Although the health consequences are not yet known, ...

A wave of recent research is forcing scientists to confront an uncomfortable reality: the air filling homes, offices, and city streets carries invisible plastic particles and ultrafine pollutants that ...

On top of the fact that Wednesday is a messy, murky day weather-wise in the tri-state area, much of the region is also under an air quality alert due to elevated levels of fine particulate matter (PM ...

Share on Pinterest Scientists are discovering that inhaled toxic particles may be able to reach and possibly damage the brain. Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images While air pollution has often been shown ...

Representative light microscopy images of carbonaceous (black) particles adherent to red blood cells (red arrows) from healthy volunteers. Each image is from a different adult volunteer. Researchers ...