While wrist-mounted dive computers certainly are handy (no pun intended), they can still be awkward to look at when you're ...

Manu Prakash runs a lab at Stanford University that specializes in what he calls “frugal science,” solving global health problems with nontraditional, cost-efficient tools. His lab developed Foldscope ...

With the CDC recommending people wear masks in public amid a shortage of medical masks for healthcare workers, Americans are starting to get creative. People have found a way to make just about ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Narwall Mask is inspired by snorkeling gear. (Photo: Narwall) When it comes to masking up during the coronavirus pandemic, ...

Bioengineering professor Manu Prakash runs a lab at Stanford University that uses low-cost materials to create effective scientific devices. He returned from a recent vacation with some scuba gear — ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - While wearing a face mask is highly encouraged for everyone’s health and safety, those who wear glasses may struggle with their lenses fogging up while wearing the mask. “It’s ...

Ordinarily, farsighted scuba divers have to either get a prescription-glass bifocal mask, or apply adhesive magnifying lenses to their existing mask. Now there's a new alternative, in the form of what ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- From providing safety underwater, to protecting health care workers on the COVID-19 front line, scuba and snorkeling gear are being repurposed to give medical professionals ...