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Pistachios wallop walnuts as the toughest nut to crack
- partomniscient 5y agoI 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.202004519 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adma.202004...