MILWAUKEE -- Maybe growing up, or still to this day, you wondered how we get rain. We all take this process for granted, and it happens constantly in our atmosphere. It all starts with tiny particles ...

The fields of virology, microbiology, nanoparticles, and extracellular vesicles (EVs) have grown tremendously over the past few years. Viruses, which range in size from 17 nm to ~1.5 µm, small ...

Using lasers as tweezers to understand cloud electrification might sound like science fiction, but at the Institute of ...

Lightning is one of the most familiar spectacles in the sky, yet the exact spark that starts a bolt has remained stubbornly out of reach. Now a physicist has managed to trap a microscopic particle and ...

"There's been increasing evidence that transmission is happening by inhalation." A group of 239 scientists from over 30 countries have published a letter urging the World Health Organization (WHO) and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A gene present in 25% of the population, which reduces neuroprotective small HDL production, is associated with ...

A new study describes a key molecular mechanism that explains how cells exchange information through extracellular vesicles ...

For much of the pandemic, some scientists have been pushing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to recognize that the coronavirus is spread through aerosols--very small particles that can ...