New research has identified the mechanism by which air pollution damages the lungs’ self-cleaning system, leaving us ...

Air pollution is the second leading risk factor for death globally, with most of the world population subject to harmful air ...

Passages that are lined with mucous membranes and tiny hairs (cilia) that help to filter the air ... The larynx also serves as a passageway to the windpipe (trachea). Epiglottis. This is located above ...

The trachea ends at a ridge of cartilage that separates and forms the junction into the bronchi (carina). Mucosal membranes are made up of epithelial cells, mucus-secreting goblet cells, and hair-like ...

Magnetic cilia are small artificial hair-like structures whose movement is controlled by tiny magnetic particles embedded inside of them. They are a popular material, frequently being used in soft ...

Magnetic cilia -- artificial hairs whose movement is powered by embedded magnetic particles -- have been around for a while, and are of interest for applications in soft robotics, transporting ...

The trachea is also lined with tiny hair-like structures called cilia. These help push mucus that contains debris or pathogens out of the trachea. A person then either swallows or spits out the mucus.

(CREDIT Gizem Gumuskaya, Tufts University) Researchers provided human cells, which typically serve mundane functions in the trachea, an opportunity to ... These cells possess cilia, hair-like ...

The cells of the inner trachea are covered in hair-like projections called cilia, which move together to help push out mucus. In their new study, the Levin lab grew similar organoids under ...