The same protein that makes your hair strong enough to support its own weight is now being engineered into bulletproof materials that could revolutionize personal protection. Keratin, the structural ...

In the mid-1960s, inside a research laboratory run by DuPont, Stephanie Kwolek was searching for something fairly practical.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Since its invention, Kevlar has saved thousands of lives thanks to the synthetic polymer being both incredibly lightweight and incredibly strong.

Back in 2017, Katherine Homuth, a young Canadian tech entrepreneur, was on the hunt for a material for long-lasting sheer tights that would survive the rips, snags and runs that normally plague them.

Bulletproof armor is life saving and incredibly important to security forces of any kind, but usually quite ugly, bulky, and heavy. Even bulletproof vests that can be worn under clothing are a bit ...