According to new research from Duke University, the best helmet to protect soldiers from direct blasts may be more than 100 years old. The researchers, from Duke's Pratt School of Engineering ...

The new research, co-authored by PhD student Joost Op ‘t Eynde from the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University, found that at least one helmet used in WWI—the French M15 ...

New evidence shows that a simple, French design of helmets used during World War I could be the solution to preventing this brain damage, according to the Washington Post. Joost Op ‘t Eynde ...

Feb. 14 (UPI) --A French army helmet used in World War I was as valuable in protecting from shock waves as modern counterparts, a Duke University study revealed on Friday. The Adrian helmet ...

A French WWI helmet outperformed its modern-day high-tech equivalents in protecting the brain from blast waves. Although helmet technology has evolved considerably in the intervening century since ...

A helmet used by French soldiers in World War I provided better protection from overhead blasts than a modern American model, according to a US university study. Biomedical engineers from North ...

The team of Duke biomedical engineers conducted their experiment by placing various styles of WWI helmets ... someone without a helmet, according to the study.) The 1915 French “Adrian ...