stackyFACTSIf you thought glass was only meant for shattering safely into a million pieces, think again. By melting standard glass and extruding it through impossibly tiny holes, manufacturers create flexible threads that can be woven into a fabric. Once drenched in resin, it cures into a lightweight, structural armor.
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Glass is great until you drop it, so chemistry provided a material that simply refuses to break. Polycarbonate relies on complex carbonate groups in its…
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