Bullet-resistant car windows look deceptively ordinary, yet every pane is a small engineering project built to catch and slow ...

WATKINS, Colo. (CBS4)- A small group of law enforcement agents, government officials and school security staff from around Colorado traveled to Watkins on Thursday to get a closer look at ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The harsh reality of mass shootings in public areas, including schools, has some parents thinking about safety precautions for their children, which includes buying bullet ...

Graphene is flexible but is tougher than most materials despite having the thickness of only a single atom. Aside from being an efficient conductor of electricity, it acts as an extremely secure ...

Researchers devised a new miniature ballistics test to test graphene’s bullet resistance. They used a laser pulse to superheat gold filaments until they vaporised, acting like gunpowder to fire a ...

BYU mechanical engineers have created an origami-inspired, lightweight bulletproof shield that can protect law enforcement from gunfire. The new ballistic barrier can be folded compactly when not in ...

DuPont™ of Wilmington, Del., releases the Kevlar® XP™, a patented technology that provides ballistic and trauma protection in a more comfortable body armor solution. DuPont representatives say that ...

DuPont fibers have been used for more than 25 years as the main component in bulletproof vests. To further understand the factors that govern the performance of bulletproof vests, we recently ...