Carbon nanotubes have found use in everything from smart bandages to more efficient solar cells. Now, scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have used them in a helmet lining foam that ...

During repeated impacts, it absorbed up to 48 percent more energy than the top-rated vinyl nitrile foam. Additionally, when compared to other microlattice-type materials, it absorbed almost 14 ...

The Ventete AH-1 bike helmet is a winner in Fast Company’s 2025 World Changing Ideas Awards. ... Unlike a foam helmet, it doesn’t hold in heat, so it’s more comfortable to wear.

The National Football League's Green Bay Packers is buying out the originator of the Cheesehead foam hat after more than 35 years in business.

Here is a picture of Dwight Howard in a giant foam cowboy hat. This has been Dwight Howard wearing a giant foam cowboy hat. (Thanks to SB Nation for sharing.) ...

Design, optimization and additive manufacturing of an innovative bike helmet using auxetic metastructures. International Journal of Solids and Structures , 2025; 310: 113240 DOI: 10.1016/j ...

There seems to be a rise in the so-called helicopter parenting method. A foam helmet made specifically for the toddlers of parents who are afraid their child will harm their head during the growth ...

A team at Stanford University has tested inflatable helmets (pictured) to measure the level of protection they provide compared to standard foam helmets worn by cyclists.

It’s the lining between the skull and the helmet that does most of the protecting from concussions and other injuries — and that’s what Professor Thevamaran and his team are hoping to ...

One such potential advancement has been developed by BYU student Jake Merrell, who invented a "smart foam" in which nano-particles are embedded into the helmet foam to measure impact.

Phillip Hughes died after being struck by a cricket ball. Credit: Reuters "This arrangement of the foam and [the] honeycomb [pattern] gives as much protection as a hard helmet," Meeks told BBC Sport.