Can makeup save U.S. soldiers' lives?

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Soldiers often smear camouflage makeup on their faces before entering dangerous combat zones. But sometimes, the oil- or wax-based chemicals in face paint catch fire from a blast, which


inflicts even more damage on the skin. That's why the Army is funding research for a new kind of high-tech combat makeup that, instead of putting a soldier at extra risk, can actually


withstand a thermal blast as hot as 1,112 degrees Fahrenheit. A closer look at the Army's bomb-repellant makeup:


"When a roadside bomb or other explosive device goes off, it hits everything nearby with an extreme blast of pressure" followed immediately by more than 1,000 degrees of skin-searing heat,


says Colin Lecher at Popular Science, or about the same temperature as the burning tip of a cigarette. The Army's new face paint, presented this week at the American Chemical Society's


meeting, not only functions as a heat shield, but is also waterproof and incorporates DEET, a type of insect repellant.


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