Hannah Thomasy is a freelance science writer splitting time between Toronto and Seattle. Her work has appeared in Hakai Magazine, OneZero, and NPR. This story originally featured on Undark. In March, ...

Since COVID struck in late 2019, countless companies ranging from Gap to Nike to Apple began designing and producing masks and other PPE. Most of them were simple, low-tech accessories—many of which ...

Three local entrepreneurs with more than 20 years of experience in the salon and fitness apparel industries just launched a line of face masks designed for ease of wear on the go, in the gym, and ...

In a move to accelerate the making of next-generation face masks, two federal health agencies invited innovators to design comfortable, mass-producible protective options. Promising concepts will be ...

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, face masks are an everyday sight. But a new high-tech mask designed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology looks anything but everyday.

A Johns Hopkins University team of 24 undergraduate students that's come up with a clear, adaptable face mask is among five finalists in a global challenge to design a better mask. The XPRIZE Next-Gen ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched a competition to develop “the next generation of masks,” with prizes totaling $500,000. The competition — “Mask Innovation Challenge: ...

NHL goalies are known for their helmet designs, but for whatever reason, a lot of masks today look like Ed Hardy messes of glitter, corny effects, and horrid "photorealism". Chuck Norris on your mask?

Ford Motor Co. announced on Tuesday that it had designed a clear respirator mask expected to meet the safety standards of an N95 mask to help hearing impaired people read lips while protecting ...

Kym Scott, director of choral activities at West Virginia University, helps Thessaly Troilo, 10, with a performance mask during testing. (Photo by Chris Young) MORGANTOWN — A choral director designed ...