shock wave

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"What makes this work unique is the integration of shock wave physics and chemical biology with molecular cell biology to probe how life might cope with such Mars-like stressors," says Dhage.

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

At the periphery, interstellar matter is compressed by the supernova shock wave, triggering new generations of cloud collapse and star formation.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan