News tagged with blast exposure

Color-changing 'blast badge' detects exposure to explosive shock waves

Mimicking the reflective iridescence of a butterfly's wing, investigators at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have developed a color-changing ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Nov 29, 2010 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Blast overpressure is generated from the firing of weapons and may cause brain injury

The brain may be injured by the noise, which is produced when, for example, an anti-tank weapon (Bazooka, Karl Gustav) or a howitzer (Haubits) is fired. Scientists at the Sahlgrenska Academy demonstrated mild injury to brain ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Jan 28, 2009 | 1 / 5 (1) | 0