{
  "id": 6441080,
  "title": "Tiny 2D cracks creep through materials before triggering sudden fracture, experiments reveal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/tiny-2d-cracks-creep-through-materials-before-triggering-sudden",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-09T16:40:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-tiny-2d-materials-triggering-sudden.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "We have all seen something suddenly break: a phone screen cracks, a plastic object snaps or a piece of glass shatters. To our eyes, the failure seems to happen all at once. But what if the most important part of the break happens long before the final snap?",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}