Nanoleaf’s first foray into the world of beauty has produced an affordable, versatile and easy-to-use LED face mask, but it's ...

With whimsy and an eye toward global culture, a virtual museum show recasts the grim pandemic icon as an artistic canvas. A virtual exhibition of more than 100 face masks from around the world ...

Whether being worn, piled up in trash bins, or scattered as litter in gutters and city streets, one of the most enduring symbols of the COVID-19 era is the billions of disposable face masks that ...

Disposable face masks used during the Covid pandemic may be leeching toxic microplastics into the ground and water, making their way into the human body, a study suggests. Numerous studies have been ...

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 ...

The global use of face masks surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, but many have since been discarded as waste, contributing to land and water pollution. As these masks break down, they can release ...

Abstract: The existing masked face recognition algorithms almost tend to adopt synthetic masked face datasets for training. However, these models are limited as they rely on existing mask augmentation ...

As Republicans have pushed for mask bans to crack down on shadowy protesters and criminals, a pair of Democratic lawmakers in California want to prohibit law enforcement officers from wearing face ...

May 8 (UPI) --Wearing a face mask to protect others from infectious disease continues to be hotly debated in the United States. But what about wearing a face mask to detect chronic kidney disease? A ...

Surgical face masks help prevent the spread of airborne pathogens and therefore were ubiquitous during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, a modified mask could also protect a wearer by detecting health ...