The damaging impacts of ionizing radiation on biological tissues are well documented. Since its discovery, mankind has worked to safeguard the public and the army in the case of the employment of ...

Hundreds of soldiers are now receiving layered protection suits capable of withstanding temperatures as low as minus 65 Fahrenheit, marking the end of a five-year quest for elite cold protection that ...

Every day, chemical factories produce a wide range of products that will be extremely difficult to do without in a modern society; everything from medicines like insulin and antibiotics to fertilizers ...

(RTTNews) - Israeli high technology company Elbit Systems Ltd. (ESLT) announced Thursday that it was awarded a contract valued at approximately $200 million to supply helicopter self-protection suits ...

Children in California are suing the US government over its failure to curb pollution, the latest in a series of legal actions by young people around the world worried about climate change. After a ...

(Nanowerk News) A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a novel super-hygroscopic material that enhances sweat evaporation within a personal protective suit ...

MUNDELEIN, Ill. -- An Illinois company is working side by side with many health care facilities to create protective wear for medical workers. Medline, a Mundelein-based company, is in high demand ...

Researchers have developed a novel super-hygroscopic material that enhances sweat evaporation within a personal protective suit, to create a cooling effect for better thermal comfort for users such as ...