Physicists describe strange new fluid-like state of matter
Comparison of granular jets at atmospheric pressure and in a vacuum
07-Dec-2005 -
University of Chicago physicists have created a novel state of matter using nothing more than a container of loosely packed sand and a falling marble. They have found that the impacting marble produces a jet of sand grains that briefly behaves like a special type of dense fluid.
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