Credit must be given to the creator. Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted. Image of the knurling of a spider's fang by scanning electron microscope Image of a Kevlar® fiber cut by ...

Difficult-to-cut materials like Kevlar demand a more accurate and efficient cutting process. Automated cutting is the answer.

SmartPlanet's resident design and architecture guru C.C. Sullivan takes a pulse on Kevlar for tomorrow's building construction uses, and sees some ups and downs.

Bulletproof vests,more accurately known as bullet-resistant vests, are essential in modern defense, but how much do you ...

The MCR Safety New Woven DuPont Kevlar with Cut Level A9 Protection is a 93719MK ambidextrous 19” sleeve with a pleated elbow for greater flexibility, achieves an ANSI cut level A9 and a ...

This novel Kevlar fiber is stronger, meaning that its makers hope they can fashion body armor out of it that's thinner and lighter.

Kevlar would be a terrible material. It's only got a high tensile strength. You can cut it or pierce it just fine--household scissors will easily cut through kevlar cloth that cannot be torn by hand.

This Kevlar/Nextel shielding, in a " stuffed Whipple" layout, is used to protect the ESA's Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) and manned modules of the International Space Station.

According to DuPont, Kevlar EXO not only shows improved best-in-class ballistic protection over the previous versions, it is also lighter and more flexible, allowing soft protective vests made out ...