A cutting-edge humidity sensing system has been unveiled, capable of monitoring human behaviors in real-time through the detection of respiratory patterns. This breakthrough technology integrates a ...

Alveoli are the basic functional units of the human respiratory system, acting as tiny air sacs that exchange gases. Air inhaled through the mouth and nose flows into the lungs through the branched ...

Scientists have created a model alveolar system that mimics the breathing action of the human lung and allows visualization of flow patterns within the alveoli. The chip they designed includes tubes ...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Doctors are keeping a closer eye on a little-known virus this season. According to the CDC reports of cases of the human metapneumovirus or hMPV spiked this spring. CDC officials ...

When Laura Sadofsky, PhD, a senior lecturer in Respiratory Medicine at the University of Hull, Hull, England, began looking at the effects of microplastic exposure on respiratory health 6 years ago, ...

The H5N1 bird-flu virus has infected a third person in the US, this time with respiratory symptoms. The new patient's cough and sore throat could help the virus get better at infecting humans.