shock wave

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In addition, yeast cells were treated with 100 mM sodium perchlorate, either on its own or combined with shock wave exposure.

From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026

“And then you have a limb that’s full of ice on a big pine tree that’s 6 inches thick, and it comes crashing down and puts a shock wave on it,” Hayward said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

The scientists also detected a new shock wave forming and colliding along the jet, which they linked to trillion-electron-volt energy levels observed in an unusual gamma-ray signal detected in 2017.

From Science Daily • Oct. 14, 2025

Josh Sautter, president of the Encino Neighborhood Council, said the new evacuation orders sent a shock wave of panic through the community.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2025

Radiating outward at almost the speed of light would be the initial shock wave, sweeping everything before it.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson