Every morning, people fasten their watch, slip on a bracelet and head out the door without thinking much about what they might encounter along the way. The air they breathe, the dust on their hands ...

Millions of people wear them every day to support their team or favorite cause. Chances are most of those people don’t know they may be wearing the latest advancement in science. “We use these ...

A study by researchers at the Texas A&M University School of Public Health shows that inexpensive and convenient devices such as silicone wristbands can be used to yield quantitative air quality data, ...

Millions of children fail to reach their developmental potential worldwide, in part due to higher rates of exposure to current and legacy pollutants. Researchers studying chemical exposures among ...

People often slip on colorful silicone gel bracelets to show support for a favorite cause or sports team. Now, researchers demonstrate that those wristbands can serve a different purpose. The bands ...

Silicone wristbands have emerged as a promising passive sampling tool for the assessment of personal chemical exposures. Their lightweight and non-invasive design allows for the continuous monitoring ...

Just when I thought the fashion of brightly-colored bracelets was waning as quickly as favor for disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong, Oregon State University scientists could be bringing them back in ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Millions of children fail to reach their developmental potential worldwide, in part due to higher rates of exposure to current and legacy pollutants. Researchers studying chemical ...