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Physics of Windshield-Cracking Raindrops Could Demolish Kidney Stones: Duke University
November 07, 2019
DURHAM, North Carolina, Nov. 7 [TNSmedicalresearch-Physical Review Research journal] -- Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news:

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- New models of a phenomenon first seen in the circular cracking of supersonic jet windshields flying through rain could point to better approaches of pulverizing kidney stones

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A plane has to be going pretty fast for a mere raindrop to crack its windshield, but it can happen . . .

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