“The periodic region plays a crucial role in selectively filtering out high-frequency shear waves, which are particularly ...

Mantis shrimp are colorful creatures with an incredibly powerful punch — comparable to a .22 caliber bullet. This punch is ...

Scientists have confirmed that not Mike Tyson, but the mantis shrimp has the fastest punch in the world using its special ...

The punch of the mantis shrimp has been studied in detail. As it moves through the water at high speed, it produces what is known as a cavitation bubble. As water is pushed aside at high speed, its ...

Mantis shrimp are among the ocean’s most formidable predators, delivering one of the most powerful and fastest punches in the ...

Insights from probing the shock-absorbing layer within the crustacean’s club-like claw could inspire the design of tough new ...

Known for their powerful punch, mantis shrimp can smash a shell with the force of a .22 caliber bullet. Yet, amazingly, these ...

Forget about Mike Tyson or Muhammad Ali, the fastest punch in the world belongs to the mantis shrimp ... which can break mollusk shells and even crack aquarium glass," Horacio Espinosa, a ...

So how does that punch work? When not in use, the shrimp’s clubbed ... species and can break glass tanks with their claws. Although it is possible for humans to eat mantis shrimp—they are ...

At first glance, the mantis shrimp is an unassuming ... Even more astonishing about this punch is that it is powerful enough to break the glass aquariums where they are kept captive.

The molds and plate were removed after three hours of curing, and the team applied silicon adhesive to bond the rigid ...