Sonoluminescence: When Sound Creates Light
So, a mantis shrimp's claws are pretty strong... so strong that they can produce a bubble that's about as hot as the sun and collapses with a flash of light when they snap... and scientists...
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You probably don't want to mess with the Mantis Shrimp. Its claws have inspired modern body armor and it strikes with 1500 newtons of force despite being quite tiny, what you would need to bench press around 150 kilograms. That strike is so powerful that it creates an unusual effect, one that physicists still haven't quite figured out. When the claws snap, the motion creates small, hot bubbles that collapse to release a powerful shock wave, and even produce a small pulse of light. It's called sonoluminescence. Researchers can create sonoluminescence in the lab to study how exactly the collapsing bubbles produce light and why they are so hot. Because these bubbles aren't just a little warm - they are about as hot as the surface of the Sun. All...
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You probably don't want to mess with the Mantis Shrimp. Its claws have inspired modern body armor and it strikes with 1500 newtons of force despite being quite tiny, what you would need to bench press around 150 kilograms. That strike is so powerful that it creates an unusual effect, one that physicists still haven't quite figured out. When the claws snap, the motion creates small, hot bubbles that collapse to release a powerful shock wave, and even produce a small pulse of light. It's called sonoluminescence. Researchers can create sonoluminescence in the lab to study how exactly the collapsing bubbles produce light and why they are so hot. Because these bubbles aren't just a little warm - they are about as hot as the surface of the Sun. All...
