An elastic shell undergoes fluid-induced snapping in a viscous flow. Selected for a Focus story in Physics Magazine and for an Editors’ Suggestion.

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Fluid-Induced Snap-Through Instability of Spherical Shells
Pier Giuseppe Ledda, Hemanshul Garg, Vitus Østergaard-Clausen, Lucas Krumenacker Rudzki, Ahmad Madary, and Matteo Pezzulla
Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 234002 (2025)

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