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Australia’s Defence Force is launching a groundbreaking study with Monash University to track how repeated low-level blasts—like those from small arms fire—affect soldiers’ brains. By embedding pressure sensors in helmets and analyzing blood and brain markers within 24 hours, researchers will link real-time blast data to biological responses in up to 400 service members over three years. This initiative, spurred by the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide, aims to build a science-backed brain injury program and set exposure limits, starting with the third brigade in Townsville and expanding to navy and air force units. The goal? To protect service members’ long-term health by turning advanced data into actionable safety policies.

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