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 ...

And one model in particular, the French Adrian helmet, actually performed better than modern designs in protecting from overhead blasts. The research could help improve the blast protection of ...

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 ...

But a 2014 review conducted by a committee created by the National Academies' National Research Council notes that while the Kevlar-based ACH helmet is a significant evolution from its WWI ...