After Kevlar was invented, in 1965, protective vests became lighter and easier to wear as designers integrated the material ...

More than 300,000 service members have returned home with a traumatic brain injury since 9/11. Though the Pentagon says most cases are considered mild, in some cases those injuries have led to the ...

Snowmobile helmets keep us safe in those worst-case scenarios that may arise when we’re cutting lines through powder or racing down a trail. They also tend to keep us warm as 30 mph winds are ripping ...

Gun violence today is at one of its highest levels. Each year, thousands of deaths and injuries occur due to the use of illegal firearms—whether through robberies, assaults, home invasions, or other ...

They sure don't make 'em like they used to. That's what a recent study at Duke University on combat helmets would have you believe. Findings from the study suggested France's World War I-era "Adrian" ...

Britain's Royal Marines will be testing a new helmet-mounted video camera designed to provide them with real-time data for informing tactical decisions. Part of the Future Commando Force concept, the ...

The GY6 Tactical Riot Helmet is made to be the tough impact lightweight protection required by response teams today. The protective shell is a modified reinforced polycarbonate with a dull finish to ...

Biomedical engineers from Duke University have demonstrated that, despite significant advancements in protection from ballistics and blunt impacts, modern military helmets are no better at protecting ...

Researchers have developed a new, lightweight foam made from carbon nanotubes that, when used as a helmet liner, absorbed the kinetic energy caused by an impact almost 30 times better than liners ...

Scientists at the Army Research Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory are using highly sensitive x-ray machines to study microstructures of the skull that are ...

A U.S. Army helmet equipped with pads engineered by Vicis.. Courtesy Vicis More than 100 NFL players and thousands of high schoolers now wear a football helmet created by Vicis, a Seattle startup that ...

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