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Jets Of Sand: New States of Matter At Home

Jets Of Sand: New States of Matter At Home Posted by Spiros Antonopoulos on December 6, 2005 - 8:09am.

Physicists at the University of Chicago are researching a new fluid state essentially created by dropping a marble into loosely packed sand. This produces a jet of sand grains that briefly behaves like a special type of dense fluid. Perhaps the craziest part is you can duplicate the experiment at home. (Read the full story).


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