Think outside the sandbox

M. Buchanan

doi:10.1038/425556a

Think outside the sandbox

M. Buchanan

Physics of Living Systems

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One grain of sand is a solid. But a lot of grains together can behave like a solid of a liquid. By probing this dual personality, physicists hope to understand a host of real-world systems, says Mark Buchanan.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	556-557
Journal	Nature
Volume	425
Issue number	6958
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/425556a
Publication status	Published - 2003

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