In 1958, a woman stood in a roomful of men. Sara Little Turnbull made a presentation to those men at the giant company 3M. She called her presentation Why. It included an idea that would become the ...

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With the Environmental Protection Agency issuing air quality warnings for several states over the smoke from the Canadian wildfires, it’s important to understand and obtain the correct protection. One ...

For the last few years Kevin Ngo has spent his nights and weekends developing a new kind of reusable face mask. After calling in favors from friends all over Silicon Valley, the resulting Flo Mask is ...

A University of Michigan-led project aims to fill medical N95 respirator needs after a shortage early in the COVID-19 pandemic and could lead to a "platform of innovations" in materials and designs of ...

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At this point, it's just a prototype, but it shows the potential of radically rethinking our materials. The future of face masks: Copper, graphene, and self-sanitizing fabric Scientists are racing to ...