Supersonic cracks seem to be breaking the laws of physics
Earthquakes could cause cracks that propagate shortly
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Skinny strips of a clear gel have been discovered to crack impossibly shortly.
“What we discovered was a complete shock. This simply isn’t purported to occur,” says Jay Fineberg on the Hebrew College of Jerusalem in Israel who led the group that noticed the record-breaking cracks. The discovering may enhance our understanding of some earthquakes and the way brittle supplies break.
The researchers used quick high-resolution cameras to file how cracks unfold by skinny samples of porous gels which might be generally used for …
