Extreme energy-dissipating materials are essential for a range of applications. The military and police force require ballistic armour to ensure the safety of their ...

In a new MIT study – in partnership with Purdue, Northwestern, and Duke universities – chemists have discovered that ...

Lightweight porous structural materials have excellent energy absorption performance, and their application are gradually appeared. This paper takes the shock-absorbing material of nuclear equipment ...

MADISON — University of Wisconsin–Madison mechanical engineers have developed a comprehensive framework that accelerates improvements to shock-absorbing foam materials. The materials have an array of ...

Researchers developed a new system to fire tiny beads and test how polymer films would react to projectile impacts. The top row, in color, shows a 3D-view of the exit-side of impacts. The middle row ...

Circular cotton is used to create colorful sound absorbtion tiles from Impact Acoustics. With only 12% of clothing materials being recycled and 92 million tonnes of textile waste being produced ...