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Scientists work on anti-terror curtain
A new type of blast-proof curtain that gets thicker rather than thinner when stretched is being developed to protect potential terrorist targets, a university said.
The University of Exeter project is primarily designed to be fixed over the windows of targets such as Goverment properties.
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