When President Trump urged Americans to wear cloth face masks to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, a barrage of questions inevitably followed: When do we need to wear them? What should the masks ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Homemade masks can play a significant role in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic but the type of fabric used is key to their effectiveness, according to tests performed at ...

The piña cloth is a light fabric popular in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is unique to the Philippines and has been used to make traditional garments for centuries. The fabric is ...