Seven years of Harvard University research into bulletproof armor began with a simple question of how to protect soldiers’ private parts from blast wounds.
The problem inspired Harvard professor Kit Parker, a veteran of four tours in Afghanistan, to begin research that led to the development of a lightweight nanofiber material that can stop both bullets and burns.
“I try to do one science project for each thing that pissed me off in the war,” said Parker, whose research on a new nanofiber material was published in the scientific journal Matter this week.
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Source: Stars and Stripes