Explosive power is crucial for daily tasks like standing and climbing stairs, as well as for preventing falls. Training explosive power improves mobility, balance, and physical functioning, with ...

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. These hot ...

Blowing up things (and each other) is one of human beings’ favorite pastimes. In this article we list some of the most explosive substances people have ever invented. We’re not talking about ...

Safe and effective high explosives are critical to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL) mission of stockpile stewardship. It is relatively simple to study the composition of such material ...