Granular materials such as sand can either be jammed and rigid, or yield and flow. Puzzling changes in the forces between the grains deepen the mystery surrounding this basic, but poorly understood, transition.
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van Hecke, M. A tale of tails. Nature 435, 1041–1042 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/4351041a
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