A bullet hits traditional Kevlar (L) and the new liquid armour (R). In the tests, scientists used a large gas gun to fire ball bearing-shaped metal bullets at over 300 metres per second into two test ...

University of Wollongong researchers have used graphene to develop a new composite material which can produce the toughest fibres to date- even tougher than spider silk and Kevlar! Graphene, the ...

A suspect who barricaded himself inside a home is dead after he gravely wounded his girlfriend and 9-month-old daughter Thursday, then fired numerous shots at police, striking an officer’s Kevlar ...

Tougher Than a Speeding Bullet Kevlar has long been the bulletproof material of choice for military and law enforcement agencies. But Kevlar is costly to produce, involving a complex process of ...

UPDATE 9/27/18 9:55 a.m. The Bingham County Sheriff’s Office reports the preliminary investigation shows when Juan Santos-Quintero Jr. shot Sgt. Todd Howell, the bullet did not hit any Kevlar in the ...

Kevlar is some pretty cool shit. It’s made of ultra-strong plastic polymers, is relatively light, can withstand most chemical attacks, and is, obviously, bulletproof. But about that last thing … just ...

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Police Lt. David Spicer took four .45-caliber slugs to the chest and arms at point-blank range and lived to tell about it. Like thousands of other police officers and soldiers shot ...

DENVER (CBS4) - When Shaddaiah Lovato went school supply shopping this year she picked up something a little different for each of her three daughters. "It is a bullet proof Kevlar sleeve. I bought ...

It's been 40 years since a Dupont scientist discovered Kevlar, which researchers first thought might be good for tires. Now it's synonymous with bulletproof vests. The biggest factory is in Richmond, ...

Graphene has remarkable properties that could revolutionize electronics, and now new research shows that the material is better than Kevlar at stopping bullets fired at supersonic speeds. Early ...

Researchers at MIT and Caltech have created a nanoengineered material that could be tougher than the likes of kevlar or steel. Made of interconnected carbon “tetrakaidecahedrons,” the material ...