A little padding goes a long way. That's what researchers found when trying to find out how helmets can provide better protection from blunt force contact.Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Labs, one of the government's top research facilities, said by adding just a quarter-inch, or even an eighth of an inch, of padding, helmets had a 24 percent reduction in force to the skull."When you look at the accelerations that can cause injury, just a small increase in thickness can knock that...
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