More than two months into the coronavirus pandemic, wearing a cloth mask has become a way of life for many Americans. Public health experts recommend them to prevent the wearer from spreading any ...

Phyllis Kuhn loathed flying on airplanes. It always seemed that the longtime Erie researcher would get a cold or other viral illness a few days after any trip. She recalled working with a student on a ...

Rather than filtering them out, an electric facemask could kill coronavirus particles by passing the air you breathe through a fine copper mesh heated to 194°F (90°C) . The concept — from the ...

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, face masks are an everyday sight. But a new high-tech mask designed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology looks anything but everyday.