Scientists Catalog Individual Dust Particles

NPR | March 18, 2013 9:38 a.m.

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Gretchen Cuda Kroen

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Invisible dust particles are constantly swirling around in the air. And depending on what's in those particles, they may be affecting our health. Researchers have trapped individual dust particles, and analyzed their unique chemical makeup to create a dust particle library.