A mixture of two different types of grain can undergo spontaneous stratification simply by being poured. This surprising behaviour may be significant in fields from pharmaceuticals to geology.
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Fineberg, J. From Cinderella's dilemma to rock slides. Nature 386, 323–324 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/386323a0
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