MIT scientists looked at sneeze "splatter" to explore how germs are spread. This sequence illustrates the evolution of the multiphase turbulence cloud that suspends droplets emitted during a sneeze.

Tiny droplets linger in the air for minutes in the aftermath of swirling tornadoes of fragmented mucus. This is the latest portrait painted by a team of MIT researchers who use high-speed imaging to ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Flu season is widespread in every state except Hawaii, and the Centers for Disease Control says the overall hospitalization rate is also high. One of the common ways the flu is ...

BOSTON (CBS) – Did you know that a sneeze is actually a "high-propulsion" cloud that can rapidly infect a room? Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have caught it on video ...

Led by Dr. Lydia Bourouiba, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology revealed how a sneeze travels and spreads infection. For years, the research team has been analyzing the act of ...

High-speed images of a human sneeze show exactly why it's a good idea to stand back before you say gesundheit — ejected droplets from a sneeze can travel more than 25 feet, researchers have found.

(WHTM) — Everyone has experienced a sneeze. Whether it’s allergies, an illness, or just a random sneeze that seemed to appear out of nowhere, have you ever wondered what happens to your body during ...

New, super-gross research out of MIT is shedding new insights into what happens when we sneeze. Researchers from the university used high-speed photography to record 100 healthy volunteers right at ...

We all do it. Some of us do it quite loudly. Others do it not once, but several times in a row. Sneezes are everywhere these days, during this, the height of cold and flu season. The chorus of achoos ...

A sneeze happens when something like mucus, a tiny object, or an allergen interacts with skin or the tiny hairs that line your nose. Sneezing is a mechanism your body uses to clear the nose. When ...