New Era in Camouflage Makeup: Shielding Soldiers From Searing Heat of Bomb Blasts

Wednesday, August 22, 2012 - 08:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Camouflage face make-up for warfare is undergoing one of the most fundamental changes in thousands of years, as scientists today described a new face paint that both hides soldiers from the enemy and shields their faces from the searing heat of bomb blasts. Firefighters also could benefit from the new heat-resistant makeup, according to the report discussed here today at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society.

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