Some weapons used by the U.S. military are so powerful they can pose a threat to the people who fire them. When weapons are fired, an invisible blast wave travels through the brains of anyone nearby.

When military personnel fire certain powerful weapons, they are exposed to a blast wave that sends blood surging from the body to the brain. This "tsunami in the body" is one way a blast can injure ...

Blast wave dynamics and the subsequent structural response represent a critical interdisciplinary research area that combines principles of fluid dynamics, structural engineering, and applied ...

FORT DETRICK, Md. – The Blast Overpressure Tool, an application developed by the DOD Blast Injury Research Coordinating Office to help minimize Warfighters’ exposure to the shock waves created by the ...

Pentagon researchers say weapons like shoulder-fired rockets expose troops who fire them to blast waves far above safety limits, but they remain in wide use. Special ...

WASHINGTON — Brain injuries and mental health problems diagnosed in veterans exposed to repeated low-level blasts from firing their own weapons would be closely tracked and studied under legislation ...