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

That atmospheric explosion “created a shock wave that resulted in about 1,500 injuries to people and a large amount of damage to buildings and houses,” according to the USGS.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025

A little over two minutes after the beginning of the flash, the shock wave hit us.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik