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, ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A Miami high school student, who's also a National YoungArts winner for fashion design, is using her design ingenuity to help those in the medical community and others protect ...

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.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, I was part of a research team investigating the design of health equipment, including masks. Masks are important for protecting healthcare workers. The Centers for ...

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: ...

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 ...