When high explosives are subjected to sudden shock waves, such as from an impact or detonation, tiny regions of intense heat—called hot spots—form at microstructural defects such as pores.

China has continued to make big strides in physical-sciences output in the Nature ... The Nature Index is a zero-sum system: since the journals it tracks publish a limited number of articles ...

The lowest 10 journals for female authorships, listed below, are mainly specialist physical-sciences journals, for instance. The results naturally mirror what’s seen at the subject and topic level.

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