Treadmill walking requires shoes with cushioning, shock absorption and strong arch support. Podiatrists recommend brands like ...

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 ...

Entrepreneurs love to claim they’re “reinventing the wheel." So what do you say when you’ve actually reinvented the wheel? “I love spokes, I’ve just come up with something different," explains Sam ...

Q: Optimal Footstrike For Shock Absorption If a runner lands on the balls of the feet instead of the heels, will the feet be able to help the legs absorb some of the shock of landing? If so, would it ...

Impact performance tests revealed that custom-made 3D-printed mouthguards may provide better shock absorption than thermoformed mouthguards. The new study was published in Dental Traumatology.

There are a lot of components in your car you might not think about, but which are of great importance. Maintaining them or going through with the repairs if something is wrong is a great way to take ...

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 ...