BYU engineering: Spinning nanofibers to make regular cloth masks as strong as N95 masks. Video filmed by Brian Wilcox, produced by Julie Walker. The cloth masks many are sporting these days offer some ...

A filter made from polymer nanothreads blew three kinds of commercial masks out of the water by capturing 99.9% of coronavirus aerosols in an experiment. "Our work is the first study to use ...

One of the designers that discovered that blue shop towels were more effective at filtering tiny particles than a bandana worked with a particle testing company to officially test 20 materials. They ...

(Nanowerk News) During the coronavirus pandemic, many people have grown accustomed to wearing face masks to protect themselves and others, but that doesn’t mean the masks are always comfortable — ...

Developed by the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, the new filter is more breathable and fully biodegradable, offering a solution to mask waste. The research team, led by Dr. Hwang ...

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- AirQueen.com brings a new dimension to the medical mask market, introducing a reliable and safe cleaning method to increase the utility of its nanofiber ...

Innovations to improve mask efficacy, with increasing focus on nanofiber manufacturing, have resulted in higher filtration efficiency, greater comfort, and easier breathing capacity. However, the ...

I first heard about Happy Masks at an outdoor gymnastics class this summer. My daughter’s cloth mask kept falling off her face, and I noticed that the other kids had fitted masks that stayed put, even ...

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the pathogen behind the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, continues to spread in many parts of the world. The primary mode of ...

(Nanowerk News) The cloth masks many are sporting these days offer some protection against COVID-19. However, they typically provide much less than the professional N95 masks used by healthcare ...

A filter made from polymer nanothreads blew three kinds of commercial masks out of the water by capturing 99.9 percent of coronavirus aerosols in an experiment. The study compared the effectiveness of ...