Meet Stephanie Kwolek, the female chemist who invented Kevlar. The invention came about accidentally while she was looking ...

Ltd. Description: and ceramic lapping, polishing, and water jet cutting. Because of its low specific weight, great hardness, and good toughness, it is an excellent material for body and vehicle armor.

Today, DuPont (NYSE: DD) announces a collaboration with Aero Tec Laboratories (ATL), a leader in safety fuel systems and flexible fluid containment technology, to bring long-term innovation to the ...

with a history extending as far as the 1500s when there were attempts to make metal armor that was bulletproof. By the 20th century there was ballistic nylon, but it took kevlar to produce ...

Someone followed Zygielbaum home during a recent election, prompting the local sheriff to recommend he start wearing body armor ... elections official wearing a Kevlar vest.

Combinations of these carbon structures could yield body armor stronger than Kevlar, ultrathin membranes to filter salt from seawater, and even bionic implants for those with spinal-cord or organ ...

Even while wearing Kevlar body armor, warfighters often face grave injury when shot due to blunt force trauma. Davidson, a North Carolina-based Greenhill AntiBallistics Corporation, may have found ...

BRIGHTON, Colo. ‒ Bulletproof glass. Security cameras. Panic buttons. As the elected county clerk and recorder in a suburb of Denver, Josh Zygielbaum's days are normally filled with marriages ...

It’s a little strange that, considering how long people have been wearing jeans and riding motorcycles, the idea of ri ...

The Body Armor Innovation Award celebrates groundbreaking advancements in personal protection.