Engineering students at Virginia Tech were asked by the Hokies equipment manager if they could test commercially-available ...

It’s what a Virginia Tech athletics equipment manager asked Stefan Duma, a faculty member at the university’s department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, in 2009. Duma’s team had been working ...

A Pennsylvania lawmaker is proposing legislation that aims to make football safer by adding covers to helmets.

That’s how the helmet ratings were born.” Those first ratings were released in 2011. Fast-forward to today, and Rowson is now ...

Virginia Tech found Riddell's new helmet design performed better than any other. — -- Preventing concussions has become a top priority for elite players and anyone with a child sporting a ...

The scientists are understandably frustrated: Despite their continually updating the evidence demonstrating that the modern plastic safety helmet cannot prevent devastating head injuries in tackle ...

A new tech-infused football helmet made its debut last week and could improve in-game communications between coaches and players who are deaf or hard of hearing. Players from Gallaudet University, a ...

Erin and Lee Hanson are the founders behind Guardian Sports, the company that makes the Guardian Caps worn by college football and NFL players.