The Mask Innovation Challenge aims to develop cheap, innovative, and effective masks that can provide comfort, utility, and also have protective abilities against respiratory disease pathogens. (photo ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- Motivated by his children, Silicon Valley dad and tech worker Kevin Ngo is using his background to help build a better Bay Area by reimagining face masks. "This is what our ...

Discarded face masks are an environmental problem. UC Davis students are developing a biodegradable alternative to the N95 mask. (Getty Images) The COVID-19 pandemic has made face masks an everyday ...

Northwestern University doctoral student and co-developer Blaine Rothrock displays a prototype of the FaceBit on Jan. 20, 2022, in Evanston. The device, placed inside a face mask with a magnet, ...