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Bulletproof fabric laced with carbon nanotubes is stronger than Kevlar


A sheet of fabric that is three times stronger than Kevlar could stop a bullet despite being just 1.8 millimetres thick, thanks to the addition of carbon nanotubes that keep its molecules aligned

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