As we have seen, water can offer pretty good protection against bullets-- so good, it could, one day, become the vehicle armor of the future. Today, American soldiers are jury-rigging up such defenses ...

Scientists at a Polish company that produce body armor systems are working to implement a non-Newtonian liquid in their products. The liquid is called Shear-Thickening Fluid (STF). STF does not ...

May 4 -- Hard, heavy, stiff and bulky is how soldiers and law enforcement officials most often describe their bullet-resistant body armor. And while developers have gone to great lengths to lighten ...

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH3fmxYamqM#t=66 [/youtube] For those of you wanting to become urban vigilantes and fight crime, you now have a better option ...

There are plenty of perilous possibilities. One of the most serious threats is the stuff flying around in space - sharp stuff, dusty stuff, fast-moving stuff. Puncture an astronaut's space suit - ...

Soldiers might soon have lighter, slimmer, and more-flexible armor that lets them move more easily but still protects them from bullets and shrapnel. Dubbed liquid armor by its developers at BAE ...

Scientists have recently designed a structured thermal armor (STA) that achieves efficient liquid cooling even over 1,000°C, fundamentally solving a 266-year-old challenge presented by the Leidenfrost ...