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  • Thin skin significantly blunts injury from puncture, study finds

    Oct 28, 2024 11:00 am by Diana YatesResearch
    Researcher Bingyang Zhang inspects a synthetic gel designed to mimic human tissue in puncture experiments. Photo by Fred Zwicky

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    • Researcher Bingyang Zhang inspects a synthetic gel designed to mimic human tissue in puncture experiments. Photo by Fred Zwicky

    Researchers found that thin animal skin significantly dissipates the energy of a puncturing projectile. In their experiments, skin worked better than a thicker synthetic gel designed to mimic skin.