PhysOrg Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Why does holding an egg between two hands and pressing along its long axis make it almost impossible to break? Professor Marc Andre Meyers was first puzzled by this as a child growing up in Brazil. He subsequently proposed the problem to his students which resulted in the paper 'Nature's technical ceramic: the avian eggshell' published today in Journal of the Royal Society Interface. Read the full article on PhysOrg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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