By weaving Kevlar or polyethylene nanofibers into standard neoprene in wetsuits, researchers found ways to limit injury during rare encounters with sharks.
Flinders University researchers in Australia tested four bite-resistant wetsuit materials against white and tiger sharks, ...
Australian researchers tested shark-bite resistant wetsuit materials on two of the ocean's most ferocious predators - white ...
The team looked towards new materials that offer a mix of heavy and lightweight fibers and tested them in shark territory.
As detailed in a study published today in the journal Wildlife Research, the team investigated the extent to which four bite-resistant wetsuit materials—Aqua Armour, Shark Stop, ActionTX-S, and ...
Deep beneath the Arctic ice lives a shark whose bite carries more than just power — it carries poison. The Greenland shark is ...
Australian scientists tested the strength of bite-resistant wetsuits by allowing sharks to chomp the materials at sea and ...
My whole head was inside of her mouth,” Mauricio Hoyos, a marine scientist from Mexico, said from a hospital in Costa Rica.
Shark attacks are terrifying — but are they always deadly? This video breaks down the real survival statistics and what ...
It hit me and I shook it off. And then I felt another attack and a clamp on my right foot," Christopher Murray recalled ...
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.