The material resembles medieval chainmail at the molecular level and could be used in body armor. Chemists have invented ... broke a 100-year-old rule to make extremely unstable molecules "After ...

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.

For the occasion, Portman looked like princess from the Middle Ages while wearing a metallic chainmail dress that resembled ...

Resembling the interlocking links in chainmail, the nanoscale material ... light-weight body armor and other uses that demand lightweight, flexible and tough materials. The researchers produced ...