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Physicists Discover New Universal Law Governing How Objects Shatter
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Nov 28, 2025
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A team of physicists has pioneered a new universal law that accurately predicts the mechanics of fragmentation, explaining how objects from glass bottles to soap bubbles explode or shatter.
Cambridge, November 29, 2025: In a major development in fracture mechanics, a team of researchers has formulated a new universal law that successfully predicts how most solid objects shatter. The law establishes a relationship between the energy applied to an object and the precise size and distribution of the resulting fragments.
The new principle applies universally, whether the object is a ceramic cup dropped on the floor, an exploding soap bubble, or an iceberg breaking apart. The discovery provides fundamental insights into material science and the physics of fragmentation, which could have applications in everything from engineering safety to geology.
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