As tough as medieval chainmail armor and as soft as a contact lens. This material is not taken from science fiction, it is a ...

A 2D mechanically interlocked polymer mimicking chainmail shows high flexibility and stiffness, offering promise for lightweight protective and smart armor systems. (Nanowerk News) Researchers at ...

Researchers at Westlake University have disclosed a two-dimensional (2D) mechanically interlocked polymer (MIP) that mimics medieval chainmail at the molecular scale. This micrometer-scale 2D material ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Georgia Somary wants to turn people’s homes into “contemporary castles”, where historically inspired decor ...

NASA is usually associated with forward thinking ideas. Sometimes however, the best ideas come from looking into the past. For example their latest idea for a rover tire design took inspiration from a ...