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All your questions about how to wear a face mask--answered

By Kristen Rogers, CNN

Face masks can be unexpectedly complicated, especially for those who are new to wearing them.

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Time to cut up your cocktail dresses and expensive scarfs!

By Ian Randall, DailyMail.com

Scientists claim effective masks can be made from familiar fabrics. Chiffon between cotton layers can sift out up to 99 per cent of airborne droplets.

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Best Materials for Homemade Coronavirus Face Masks – Performance Close to N95

By ACS, SciTechDaily

One layer of a tightly woven cotton sheet combined with two layers of polyester-spandex chiffon filtered out the most aerosol particles.

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The best material for homemade face masks may be a combination of two fabrics

By ACS, Phys.org

Researchers report in ACS Nano that a combination of cotton with natural silk or chiffon can effectively filter out aerosol particles—if the fit is good.

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The best material for homemade face masks may be a combination of two fabrics

By ACS, EurekAlert!

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that people wear masks in public.

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The Evolution of Microfluidic Technology

By Admin, The Times USA

The new approach enables easy integration of devices onto various substrates and opens the field to explore a lot of potential applications.

Innovative and Conservative Design for Circuits on Curved Surfaces

By James Williams, FeedsPortal

Who would have thought that circuits could be created on 3D surfaces, and that too using a rubber mold? It is now possible!

From Chains of Rigid Links to Soft Robotics – Revolutionary Role of Microfluidics

By Editor-MO, Rocket News

The reported methodology can potentially address the challenges researchers face in imbibing sensing into soft robotics.

Is Microfluidic Technology the ‘Next BIG Thing’ in the Circuit Realm?

By Mahesh CK, Recently Heard News

These researchers demonstrated a simpler and cost-effective method for depositing circuits on surfaces that are textured, stretchable and curved.

Soft Robotics Powered by Microfluidics

By Babak Mostaghaci, Advanced Science News

The presented work is a simple approach to imbibe sensing capabilities into soft actuators that could potentially lead to smart, autonomous soft robots.

Inexpensive Method Eliminates Need for Precise Robotics

By Scott Schrage, R&D World Magazine

With the help of some microscopic canals, squishy materials and chemistry, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Stephen Morin is throwing a curve into the normally flat landscape of circuitry.

Stretchable Chemical Templates

By Prof. Stephen Morin, iMechanica

The Morin Research Group applies classical concepts in surface chemistry and polymer mechanics to enable innovative approaches to the fabrication of adaptive, hybrid polymer microstructures with various functionalities (e.g., sensing, actuation).

Technique Expands Circuitry to Curved, Textured Surfaces

By Scott Schrage, University of Nebraska

Morin and his team have developed a technique for painting circuits—typically copper—onto curved, textured and stretchable surfaces.

Citation for Excellence in Teaching Chemistry

By Dept. of Chemistry, University of Nebraska

Congratulations to Abhiteja Konda for winning a Spring 2017 Citation for Excellence in Teaching Chemistry.

Morin, team show potential of 'stretchable surfaces'

By Scott Schrage, University of Nebraska

Morin and his team have developed a technique for painting circuits—typically copper—onto curved, textured and stretchable surfaces.