For more than a century, royal women have upheld the St Patrick's Day tradition of presenting shamrocks to the Irish Guards.

President Willaim Ruto visited several parts of Nairobi after his agreement with Raila Odinga. Keen Kenyans claimed Ruto wore ...

Spiders don’t just spin webs—they engineer them. By stretching their silk as they spin, spiders strengthen the fibers at the ...

“When they spin silk out of their silk gland, spiders use their hind legs to grab the fiber and pull it out. That stretches ...

Nuclear fission Kevlar Scotchgard DNA structure All of these and many, many more examples have two things in common — they changed the world in which we live and women played primarily roles in ...

When they weave their webs, spiders pull their silk threads. New simulations show stretching during spinning causes the protein chains within the fibers to align and the number of hydrogen bonds ...

WILMINGTON, Del. — March 5, 2025 — DuPont is proud to announce that its breakthrough innovation, Kevlar® EXO™, has been ...

RodeoHouston's mutton bustin' competition has drawn in thousands of kids from around the world to battle buckin' sheep.

A conspiracy theory has begun circulating, stating that Elon Musk carries his son on his shoulders to use as a "human shield" ...

Aramid fibers like Kevlar and Twaron are incredibly strong but notoriously difficult to recycle — until now. Researchers have ...

Twaron and Kevlar are brand names for aramid fibers, which are strong as steel yet much lighter. They are used to make bulletproof vests, strong ropes, and high-performance car tires, for example.

Polymer scientists at the University of Groningen and NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences (the Netherlands) have developed a novel microwave-assisted chemical recycling process for aramid ...