Feb. 4, 2021 University students and faculty are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic with new advancements in face mask technology. (Photo courtesy of ASU Luminosity Lab) ASU Luminosity Lab’s FloeMask is designed to promote an antifogging and cooling mask experience. Developers hope comfortable masks will eliminate one objection to wearing them. (Photo courtesy of ASU Luminosity Lab) PHOENIX – Since the onset of the pandemic, health experts have touted masks as the best way to reduce the spread of COVID-19, but wearing them in public met considerable resistance and was politicized in some places. That was true in Arizona, where Gov. Doug Ducey initially opposed mask mandates sought by local officials.