THE COMBAT IS VERY REAL. COMBAT SPORTS HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE POPULAR, BUT THE FUTURE OF COMBAT SPORTS MIGHT TAKE YOU BACK IN TIME. HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO STRAP ON SOME ARTHURIAN ARMOR AND LITERALLY ...

Stainless steel composite metal foam can replace rolled homogeneous steel armor with the same protection for one-third of the weight. According to the material’s inventor the material would make a ...

Usually, it takes a lot of heavy, cumbersome metal to stop a bullet. Conventional body armor uses heavy steel or ceramic plates inside a kevlar vest to stop the massive kinetic energy of an ...

A composite metal foam (CMF) material developed by researchers at North Carolina State University can stop ball and armor-piercing .50 caliber rounds as well as conventional steel armor, even though ...

Composite metal foams (CMFs) are little-known materials that are beginning to show some big promise. Last year we saw researchers adapt these lightweight materials to stop various forms of radiation ...