https://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. When winds lift dust off the ground, attached bacteria go along for the ride. These airborne bacteria make up aerobiomes, which, when the dust settles again, can alter environmental chemistry and affect human and animal health, although scientists do not know exactly how. https://phys.org/news/2022-11-bacteria-thousands-kilometers-airborne.html Earth Sciences Tue, 22 Nov 2022 10:39:28 EST news588335965 For some diseases, exposure to just a single airborne particle containing virus, bacteria or fungi can be infectious. When this happens, understanding and predicting airborne disease spread can be a whole lot easier. https://phys.org/news/2021-09-airborne-particle-infect.html Cell & Microbiology Thu, 16 Sep 2021 15:27:33 EDT news551024847 Airborne bacteria may see what looks like a comfy shag carpet on which to settle. But it's a trap. https://phys.org/news/2019-10-bacteria-trappedand-terminatedby-graphene-filter.html Bio & Medicine Mon, 07 Oct 2019 12:29:52 EDT news489670185 People are often notified about poor air quality by weather apps, and this happens frequently in urban areas, where levels of outdoor pollution containing particulates and soot are high. But now scientists are reporting in ACS' Environmental Science & Technology that there is another type of air contaminant that they say isn't receiving enough attention: antibiotic-resistance genes. https://phys.org/news/2018-07-hidden-hazards-antibiotic-resistance-genes.html Environment Wed, 25 Jul 2018 08:00:02 EDT news451713637 Israel is subjected to sand and dust storms from several directions: northeast from the Sahara, northwest from Saudi Arabia and southwest from the desert regions of Syria. The airborne dust carried in these storms affects the health of people and ecosystems alike. New research at the Weizmann Institute of Science suggests that part of the effect might not be in the particles of dust but rather in bacteria that cling to them, traveling many kilometers in the air with the storms. https://phys.org/news/2017-06-storm-microbiome.html Environment Tue, 27 Jun 2017 10:03:49 EDT news417776618 A good rain can have a cleansing effect on the land. But an MIT study published today in Nature Communications reports that, under just the right conditions, rain can also be a means of spreading bacteria. https://phys.org/news/2017-03-soil-bacteria-wide.html Cell & Microbiology Tue, 07 Mar 2017 11:10:10 EST news408101932 Basements that flooded after heavy rains deluged the Colorado Front Range in September 2013 had higher levels of airborne mold and other fungi months after the waters receded compared with basements that didn't flood, according to a study by the University of Colorado Boulder. https://phys.org/news/2015-04-fungi-colorado-homes-months-receded.html Environment Thu, 09 Apr 2015 07:50:01 EDT news347781589 Bacteria from fecal material -- in particular, dog fecal material -- may constitute the dominant source of airborne bacteria in Cleveland's and Detroit's wintertime air, says a new University of Colorado Boulder study. https://phys.org/news/2011-08-reveals-bacteria-dog-feces-outdoor.html Cell & Microbiology Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:04:36 EDT news232902264 Researchers have discovered a high concentration of bacteria in the center of hailstones, suggesting that airborne microorganisms may be responsible for that and other weather events. They report their findings today at the 111th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in New Orleans. https://phys.org/news/2011-05-role-bacteria-weather-events.html Cell & Microbiology Tue, 24 May 2011 12:15:45 EDT news225458082