Fleece, terry cloth, wool and some synthetics tend to shed, producing small fibers that turn to dust. Generally speaking, loosely woven fabrics and textiles made of longer fibers shed more than ...

To the average person, walking into a flour- or sawmill and seeing dust swirling around is unlikely to evoke much of a response, but those in the know are quite likely to bolt for the nearest exit at ...

Clutter does more than crowd your shelves. When everyday objects sit untouched, they quietly collect dust and stress, nudging ...

It seems like no matter how often you clean your living space, dust accumulates almost instantaneously. Fortunately, with the right approach to cleaning and a few essential tools, it’s possible to ...

The Great Plains Dust Bowl of the 1930s was arguably the most devastating ecological disaster in American history, turning prairies into deserts and whipping up killer dust storms. The catastrophe was ...

If it feels like you’re losing the battle against dust in your home, put down your feather duster. Instead of just cleaning more, there are some easy solutions to reduce that thin layer of dust that ...

I’ve got a complicated relationship with my Roomba, Keith, who sometimes refuses to charge but also works his wheels off ridding my home of dust. I hate dust, both because I’ve got allergies and ...

The thick dust cloud formed in minutes, engulfing part of Interstate 55—Illinois’s main thoroughfare between Saint Louis and Chicago—in blizzardlike whiteout conditions on May 1. Drivers slammed on ...

In Owens Valley, where water diversions by Los Angeles have dried up Owens Lake, dust rising from the dry lake bed is a longstanding problem. Now, scientists have found that dust emissions from the ...