The Prince Division of JCI has actually benefited from impending government regulation. They recognized early on that a new safety standard would legislate increased energy absorption capabilities by ...

Aerospace engineering and materials science researchers at Texas A&M University and the DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory have developed a "super foam" that can absorb up to 10 times more energy than ...

Researchers have developed a 3D-printed foam that can absorb 10 times more energy, while also being lightweight and durable.

How can shock-absorbing materials be enhanced to improve safety and efficiency? This is what a recent study published in Nature Communications hopes to address as a team of researchers from the ...

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (July 13, 2020) – Providing clean water to Soldiers in the field and citizens around the world is essential, and yet one of the world’s greatest challenges. Now a new ...

Mechanical engineers from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have found a new way to build body armor with a lightweight elastomer material that relies on a complex liquid crystal structure. The ...

A team of researchers recently announced that they had engineered a new rubber-like solid substance that has surprising qualities. It can absorb and release very large quantities of energy. And it is ...