Scientists at North Carolina State University are preparing to bring to market a lightweight composite metal foam that combines strength, thermal shielding and both ballistic and radiation protection.

Foam. Light, soft and fluffy, right? Wrong. Watch what this wall of foam does to an armor-piercing bullet. Dr. Afsaneh Rabiei, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at North Carolina State ...

Palo Alto’s arsenal of military equipment includes shotguns, rifles and flash-bang grenades and Sage launchers that fire rubber bullets. So far this year, however, the local Police Department has not ...