IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON Imperial researchers have embedded new low-cost sensors that monitor breathing, heart rate, and ammonia into t-shirts and face masks. Potential applications range from monitoring exercise, sleep, and stress to diagnosing and monitoring disease through breath and vital signs. Spun from a new Imperial-developed cotton-based conductive thread called PECOTEX, the sensors cost little...
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Face masks play a crucial role, new COVID research confirms
by Chalmers University of Technology Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An international research team from universities including Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, the University of Padua and the University of Udine in Italy, and the University of Vienna, Austria, has developed a new theoretical model to better assess the risks of spreading viruses such as COVID-19—with...
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Face masks do not increase body temperature during exercise in the heat
by Anna Zarra Aldrich, University of Connecticut Student using treadmills at the Rec Center on September 21, 2020. Credit: UConn photo/SeanFlynn With the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, face masks became a normal part of doing just about any activity outside the house. When the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended wearing a...
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Clear masks for caregivers mean young children can keep learning from adults’ faces
As daycare centers and pre-kindergartens begin to reopen around the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends masks be worn by teachers, care workers and children over two years of age. Important as they are for helping minimize the spread of the coronavirus, masks come with a potential downside when worn around little kids. Decades of research has shown...