News tagged with granular
Study Reveals Small Lizard Tucks Legs and Swims Like a Snake Through Desert Sand (w/ Video)
Jul 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A study published in the July 17 issue of the journal Science details how sandfish -- small lizards with smooth scales -- move rapidly underground through desert sand. In this first thorou ...
Of traffic jams, beach sands and the zero-temperature jamming transition
May 13, 2009 |
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Researchers in condensed matter physics at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Chicago have created an experimental and computer model to study how jamming, the physical process in which collections of particles ...
Researchers learn why robots get stuck in the sand -- and how to keep them going (Video)
Feb 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Today's advanced mobile robots explore complex terrains across the globe and even on Mars, but have difficulty traversing sand and other granular media like dirt, rubble or slippery piles ...
To improve forecasting earthquakes, NJIT mathematician studies grains
Dec 22, 2008 |
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A new and better way to predict earthquakes and avalanches may soon be available to forecasters thanks to mathematical research underway at NJIT. Using mathematical modeling, researchers are investigating how forces and ...
Uncovering the real dirt on granular flow
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 03, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A handful of sand contains countless grains, which interact with each other via friction and impact forces as they slip through your fingers. When a handful becomes a load in an excavator bucket, those interactions ...
A human approach to computer processing
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 02, 2008 |
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A more human approach to processing raw data could change the way that computers deal with information, according to academics at The University of Nottingham.
