Coastal landslide (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Coastal landslide

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A new study from engineers at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign uses simple experiments to explain how a better understanding of flowing motion of soft materials will help design new materials and could help predict some natural disasters.

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Photo courtesy U.S. Geology Survey

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