Birds and mammals are on extreme ends of the airflow spectrum. Mammals inhale oxygen-rich air and they exhale depleted air, exhibiting a so-called tidal flow pattern. In contrast, bird breath travels ...

The determination of airflow characteristics in the human upper airway is crucial in investigating obstructive sleep apnea, particle sedimentation, drug delivery, and many biomedical problems.

Zhao's lab has previously created models of the rat and human nose to study air flow patterns, but the high-resolution cat model and simulation experiments are his most complicated to date, based on ...

Air quality alerts in North Alabama were at unhealthy levels Monday, thanks in part to what appears to be traces of Canadian wildfire smoke being pushed southward across the continent due to unusual ...

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Take a deep breath in. Slowly let it out. You have just participated in one of the most profound evolutionary revolutions on Earth--breathing air on land. It's unclear how the first vertebrates ...