Disposable masks have been a necessity during the COVID-19 pandemic, but for all the good they’ve done, their disposal represents a monumental ecological challenge that has largely been ignored in ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- Coronavirus turned the University of Arkansas campus into a ghost town this spring, so some faculty turned their attention to helping during the pandemic. Vincent Edwards, an ...

AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB)–One size does not fit all. That’s how one group led by University at Buffalo Chair of biomedical engineering Dr. Albert Titus is approaching personal protective equipment.

PROVO, Utah – When first responders in Utah County needed protective masks because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Utah Valley University was one of the organizations that answered the call. Sid Smith is an ...

A nonprofit maker organization is working with a company that creates computer kits, to encourage people to make respirators for their communities. Maker Mask has come up with lessons on how to make ...

The efforts will increase critical equipment as hospitals combat the coronavirus The U.S. military is 3D-printing face shields, designing reusable plastic N95 masks and sewing surgical masks to ...