The abalone makes numerous layers of calcium carbonate (chalk) plates, one-two hundredths the width a human hair and bound with a glue-like protein. Though chalk can brittle, abalone shells layer ...

In mid-September, Russia Beyond’s team tested armor plates from the Ratnik combat suit at a shooting range in Moscow. The goal of the test was to see just how tough it actually is and to see ...

December 17, 2007: The U.S. Army and Marines are in the process of replacing existing SAPI (Small arms protective inserts) ceramic bulletproof plates for protective vests, with thicker, but not much ...

Ankylosaur armor could likely withstand the impact of a high-speed car crash, the best-preserved dinosaur fossil on record has revealed. The fossil belonged to a nodosaur, a plant-eating dinosaur ...

December 17, 2007: The U.S. Army and Marines are in the process of replacing existing SAPI (Small arms protective inserts) ceramic bulletproof plates for protective vests, with thicker, but not much ...