They are barely thicker than a human hair—yet they could significantly improve the effectiveness of inhaled medications: carrier particles in dry powder inhalers transport the active ingredient and ...

In every breath, humans take in particles that may be deposited on the respiratory tract and exhale particles that may contain pathogens. Lidia Morawska and Giorgio Buonanno explain how physics ...

You might think of breathing as automatic, but dysfunctional breathing can arise even if you’re healthy We’re often taught that breathing is automatic. We barely think about it, as with blinking or ...