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Pistachios wallop walnuts as the toughest nut to crack (sciencemag.org)
5 points by SquibblesRedux on Aug 11, 2021 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


I wanted to see how they stacked up against macadamia's and came across this paper:

"Topological Interlocking and Geometric Stiffening as Complementary Strategies for Strong Plant Shells" [1]

also contributed to by the scientist mentioned in the article. It has pictures, graphs, cross sections and other data for all you nutcracking enthusiasts out there.

[1] https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adma.202004...




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