Surfing Particle (IMAGE)

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Surfing Particle

Caption

A ball falling through goopy liquid will generate a wave in a nearby flexible rubber sheet. The ball will 'surf' the wave, moving away from the rubber sheet and picking up speed, new calculations and experiments reveal.

Credit

B. Rallaband et al/<i>Nature Physics</i> 2018

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