Space exploration pushes materials to their limits. From the intense vacuum of space to extreme temperatures and radiation exposure, the conditions are unlike anything experienced on Earth.
Skoltech researchers have presented a new simple physical model for predicting the hardness of materials based on information about the shear modulus and equations of the state of crystal structures.
“Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.” (Mark ...
But this is a small price to pay for the beauty of an icy cold North Country evening, and the peculiar appeal to phenomena like the hardness of a frozen car seat, the freezing of nose hairs, and that ...