Since COVID struck in late 2019, countless companies ranging from Gap to Nike to Apple began designing and producing masks and other PPE. Most of them were simple, low-tech accessories—many of which ...

What’s worse: a poorly fitting face mask or an anti-masker? The answer is surely the latter, but a wearing an ill-fitting face mask definitely sucks. In the past year, it seems no one’s been able to ...

Discarded face masks are an environmental problem. UC Davis students are developing a biodegradable alternative to the N95 mask. (Getty Images) The COVID-19 pandemic has made face masks an everyday ...

Masks are a crucial tool in the fight against COVID-19, but most of them are horribly designed (or alternatively, are just about the looks): they’re stuffy, they cause maskne, they fog up your glasses ...

A new study from the Durham University Psychology Department has found that children's views on the design and comfort of air pollution masks could be key to encouraging their regular use. The ...

The Department of Health and Human Services is seeking a mask of tomorrow – and has announced total cash prizes of $500,000 for the winners of a competition to come up with one. The “Mask Innovation ...

Sometimes rankings seem like a breeze and the final numbers feel pretty unassailable. Like ranking Connor McDavid as the best player in the league. But ranking the best of the best goalie mask design ...

Welcome to The Athletic’s second-annual goalie mask power rankings, in which we admire the most artistic equipment on the ice and determine which are the best of the best. A goalie’s mask is one of ...

Vice wrote about research that assessed the effectiveness of popular "hacks" meant to improve the fit of KN95 and surgical masks. The researchers evaluated seven different "fit hacks," some of which ...