A new study published on the preprint server medRxiv* in September 2020 reports constructing disposable masks using simple paper folding or origami steps, from filter material. This could make ...

For Richard Gordon, origami is like a piece of music. While an individual fold may not be particularly impressive, many together can make the paper sing. A floppy sheet can transform into a flapping ...

Four companies will share $400,000 in prize money from the Mask Innovation Challenge, a federal government-sponsored competition that encouraged companies to develop masks that are comfortable and ...

(WTNH) — Masks are everywhere these days due to the pandemic. A professor of interior design at Indiana University used the origami technique to create a mask that is more form-fitting around the face ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Team USA is sporting some futuristic-looking face coverings for the Tokyo Games. The masks have been compared to characters from ...

A team of experts at the University of Minnesota has designed a new mask that may serve as a viable alternative for health care workers if N95 masks aren’t available. They call their prototype an ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Tuesday announced two winners in its mask innovation challenge launched more than year ago, with the agency declaring the endeavor a success due to ...