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title: Colorado researchers team up with middle schoolers to test out new masks
description: NEWS:Researchers at the Colorado School of Public Health recruited a team of local middle schoolers to help test out face masks that can detect asymptomatic cases of COVID-19.
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# [Colorado researchers team up with middle schoolers to test out new masks](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/colorado-researchers-team-up-with-middle-schoolers-to-test-out-new-masks)

 Written by [DSST Public Schools](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/author/dsst-public-schools) | 02/16/22

Researchers at the Colorado School of Public Health recruited a team of local middle schoolers to help test out face masks that can detect asymptomatic cases of COVID-19. The masks, which were developed by the [University of Leicester](https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/february/28-coronavirus-masks) in the U.K., contain a special 3D-printed strip that can trap exhaled microbes over a period of at least 30 minutes while the mask is being worn.

[Read the full story.](https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/states-lift-school-mask-mandates-la-remote-learning-students-covid-vaccine-183416652.html)

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