Soon ballistic armor may be made of wood

Published 27 November 2012

By processing cellulose further than has been the case to date, it is possible to extract cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) fibrils with tremendous tensile strength; since soft body armor has been available for police for about forty years, few pay attention to developments in this industry, but it was not too long ago that a plain vanilla Level II vest without a trauma plate was almost as bulky as the external body armor the military presently uses.

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