Resembling the interlocking links in chainmail, novel nanoscale material ... light-weight body armor and other uses that demand lightweight, flexible and tough materials. Publishing on Friday ...

Imagine armor as light as fabric yet stronger than steel, built from materials that link together like molecular chainmail. Scientists may have just taken the first step toward making it a reality.

The lorica hamata was the type of chainmail armor used by the Roman soldiers between 200 BC and 400 AD. About 35,000–40,000 rings made up the armor and the rings could hardly rust thanks to the ...

Right: Digital reconstruction of a mail coat from Vimose , second half of the second century to early third century CE .An exceptionally preserved 30-pound Roman chainmail, found in 2012 in Bonn, ...