Shark experts tested four innovative wetsuit materials to measure how well they reduce shark-bite injuries. The results show they can lessen major trauma, blood loss, and even save lives when compared ...

Australian scientists tested the strength of bite-resistant wetsuits by allowing sharks to chomp the materials at sea and found that the suits can help keep swimmers safe. Fatal shark bites are ...

Scientists from Australia are touting the results of bite-resistant wetsuit materials to reduce deaths from shark attacks. Researchers from Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia, tested ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Australian scientists tested the strength of bite-resistant wetsuits by allowing sharks to chomp the materials at sea and found that the suits can help keep swimmers safe.

For those of us who try to spend our dollars on more environmentally-friendly gear, there is an uncomfortable truth that we don’t like admitting: Sometimes, these products don’t perform as well as ...

Australian shark experts have tested four bite-resistant materials to assess their ability to reduce injuries and blood loss. While internal and crushing injuries may still occur, bite-resistant ...

Bite-proof wetsuits are the latest tool in protecting swimmers against sharks, after testing by Australian experts. Shark attacks on people remain uncommon but are on the rise around Australia and ...

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The invention of the wetsuit in the 1950s allowed surfers to brave chilly water year-round, but it came with an environmental cost – the neoprene material used is a petroleum-based substance that ...

These wetsuits come with a built-in shark shield. New bite-resistant wetsuits reduce damage from the multirowed chompers of white and tiger sharks, researchers report September 25 in Wildlife Research ...

Australian researchers tested shark-bite resistant wetsuit materials on two of the ocean's most ferocious predators - white and tiger sharks. They were surprised to find they reduced the severity of ...