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Some Honey Bee Swarms Generate Electrical Charges Stronger Than Storms
Small charges carried by individual insects can add up, a study finds, with larger swarms generating substantial electrical fields.
Some Honey Bee Swarms Generate Electrical Charges Stronger Than Storms
Some Honey Bee Swarms Generate Electrical Charges Stronger Than Storms

Small charges carried by individual insects can add up, a study finds, with larger swarms generating substantial electrical fields.

Small charges carried by individual insects can add up, a study finds, with larger swarms generating substantial electrical fields.

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Dust storm in Senegal
Science Snapshot: Globetrotting Sandstorms
Lisa Winter | Apr 22, 2022 | 1 min read
What happens when dust travels from the Sahara to the Florida Everglades?
COVID-19, coronavirus, pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, animal study, disease transmission, aerosols, dust, fomite, fur, influenza, respiration
Influenza Aboard Dust Particles Infects Guinea Pigs
Amanda Heidt | Aug 19, 2020 | 3 min read
A new study demonstrates that some viruses can be transmitted on airborne particles other than those produced by talking, coughing, or sneezing.
A Vast Majority of the World’s Population Breathes Unsafe Air
Catherine Offord | Apr 17, 2018 | 2 min read
A new report estimates that 95 percent of people live in areas with dangerously high levels of fine particulate matter such as dust and soot.
Microorganisms Make a House a Home?
Amanda B. Keener | Aug 26, 2015 | 1 min read
The fungal and bacterial communities in household dust can reveal some details about a building’s inhabitants.
Dogs, Dust Microbes, and Allergies
Ed Yong | Dec 16, 2013 | 3 min read
Dust-borne bacteria from houses with dogs can prevent allergies in mice by changing their gut microbes.
The Martian Tempest
Beth Marie Mole | Nov 26, 2012 | 2 min read
NASA scientists are closely watching a dust storm on Mars that threatens to go global and interfere with rovers on the planet’s surface.
Dogs May Guard Against Asthma
Hayley Dunning | Jul 3, 2012 | 1 min read
Mice become immune to a virus associated with childhood asthma when exposed to dust from homes that have dogs.
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