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Liquid Behavior in Solid Particles

Caption: In work supported by the National Science Foundation and the W.M. Keck Foundation, University of Chicago scientists have produced liquid-like behavior in a stream of granular materials. In this video clip, a stream of glass beads hitting a target narrower than the stream produces a hollow cone. Scientists running experiments at Brookhaven National Laboratory have also observed liquid-like behavior in colliding subatomic particles that simulate conditions existing a fraction of a second after the big bang.

Credit: Image courtesy of Xiang Cheng, University of Chicago

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