A team of researchers from the University of Kent in Canterbury, England, have used a protein called talin, which functions as “the cell’s natural shock absorber,” to create a new shock-absorbing ...

Carbon nanotubes have found use in everything from heart-rate-monitoring shirts to smart bandages to more efficient solar cells. Now, scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have used them ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Could structures be built with shock-absorption systems so powerful that jet planes would literally bounce off them? A system modeled in a paper authored by theoretical physicists at ...

See how an autonomous robot created a shock-absorbing shape no human ever could -- and what it means for designing safer helmets, packaging, car bumpers, and more. Inside a lab in Boston University's ...

Huckers and jibbers know that tingling feeling on the feet after a hard landing. Whether you’ve decked out or simply landed on hard-pack snow, Tecnica aims to reduce that below-the-knee pain with its ...

Construction workers don gloves and earplugs when wielding jackhammers. Motorcyclists wear helmets when they ride. It stands to reason that woodpeckers would evolve some kind of comparable safety gear ...

Slow-motion video of pecking by the pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus). The original video was recorded at 1600 frames per second. Credit: Robert Shadwick & Erica Ortlieb/University of British ...