Sentences with phrase «microscopic cracks»

Previous materials inspired by biology could only heal microscopic cracks.

To protect the mineral, the researchers first apply a thin wash of a chemical called aminoethylaminopropylsilane, more mercifully known as aeaps, that seeps into microscopic cracks in the stone and binds to calcium carbonate.

Steel's weakness is its tendency to develop microscopic cracks that eventually make the material fracture.

Ultrathin gold wires are made with microscopic cracks that allow them to stretch.

The simplest «experiment» is to watch as a container full of liquid helium suddenly springs a leak as it is cooled below the lambda point and the frictionless superfluid fraction begins to pour through microscopic cracks that the normal liquid fraction can not enter.

Over-scrubbing, exfoliating too harshly or too often, and even washing your face with harsh formulas can create microscopic cracks in your outer skin, leading to irritation and loss in hydration, according to Dr. Zeichner.

«Constant exposure to dry air can compromise the barrier, leading to microscopic cracks in it.

Radon can enter a home or workplace through the hot water tank, sink, shower, and microscopic cracks in a building's foundation.

In science and industry, we attempt to find the limits; what and when stress factors push something to breaking point, where the microscopic cracks start to develop, and at what point breaking become inevitable.