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Stephanie L. Kwolek - The inventor of Kevlar died at age 90
Stephanie L. Kwolek, a chemist who invented Kevlar, a lightweight and ultra-durable material used to produce bulletproof armor, just died at the age of 90.
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A bulletproof towel for gentlemen
An Icelandic fashion designer has successfully crafted a bullet-proof handkerchief for men who often face danger.
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US Army tests armor armor with dragon armor with better bullet resistance than Kevlar
Silk carries the strong properties of spider silk, but is easy to produce like silk.
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Bulletproof vests will be made of spider silk
American chemists from the Air Force Research Laboratory and Purdue University reported their new military invention. It was a bulletproof vest based on spider silk.
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US tests bulletproof jacket 'as long as the shot'
The US is testing PUU material, which allows for the manufacture of armor that can be proportionally proportional to the damage of bullets.
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New generation artificial spider silk: more durable than steel and 98% made from water
Spider silk is stronger than steel and harder than Kevlar, but successfully building on a large scale in the laboratory is still an obsession for scientists for decades.
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The US military's armor will probably use ten times more kevlar than the spider silk
It looks like future bulletproof armor will use silk spider silk instead of plastic resin.
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Japan is about to test the elevator into space
Japanese scientists launch a world-leading elevator to the space station and prepare for testing.
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US test 'dragon silk' is more durable than steel
The US military intends to invest $ 1 million to develop a lightweight, flexible, and durable hybrid silk spider silk jersey over steel.
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Super wallpaper ... bomb
Bomb explosions can create deadly, deadly debris, as well as causing buildings to collapse due to shock waves. However, the US military has found a way to build a super-…
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Learn fluid armor technology
New armor production technology helps to reduce volume and increase the flexibility of outdated armor.
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Artificial muscles from synthetic fibers
One of the world's most robust polymer fibers, more than twelve times stronger than kevlar - the type of material used to make bulletproof jerseys - is likely to be…
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Super new armor
British scientists have successfully created the 'super armor' from a material called 'bulletproof custard' thanks to a special chemical formula ...