LASALLE, Ill. (CBS) -- After an extra-alarm fire sent a billow of smoke into the air like a volcano in LaSalle, neighbors expressed concern about the chemical particles that landed on their property ...

A new study used a pioneering technique to deliver endocrine-disrupting aerosolized micro-nano-plastics to female lab rats. Amid rising evidence that additives designed to improve plastics also ...

Plastic pollution is no longer just a story of bottles and bags drifting across the surface of the sea. As larger debris ...

Researchers have created tiny metal-based particles that push cancer cells over the edge while leaving healthy cells mostly unharmed. The particles work by increasing internal stress in cancer cells ...

More efficient medical treatments could be developed thanks to a new method for triggering the rearrangement of chemical particles. The new method, developed at the University of Warwick, uses two ...

In what might be considered one of the worst bits of info related to diesel engines, medical researchers at the University of Edinburgh say that chemical particles (aka particulates) exiting the ...

A chemical spill or exposure is a serious emergency. The effects may not be immediately apparent, but chemical contact can cause severe burns, blindness, poisoning, fire and other possible lethal ...

The fuming World Trade Center debris pile was a chemical factory that exhaled pollutants in particularly dangerous forms that could penetrate deep into the lungs of workers at Ground Zero, says a new ...

Snakes frequently flick their forked tongues to collect chemical particles, delivering them to their Jacobson's organ for detailed environmental analysis. This vital sensory tool helps them locate ...