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, ...

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 ...

It’s an unfortunate side effect of wearing glasses and a face mask: lens fog. Luckily, you don’t have to choose between blurry vision and stopping the spread—some mask designs are better than others ...

In addition to the new KN95s, Maskc also dropped new three-ply disposable face mask designs, including granite and jaguar prints. Like the KN95s, its disposable masks are made with gentle, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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?

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: ...