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Published online 11 December 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news021209-8
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Wobbling wire defies gravity
Engineers could learn from motions that stand curtain cable upright.
"It shouldn't work, but it stands upside down," says Tom Mullin. The vibrating piece of curtain wire in his laboratory has baffled physicists for several years.
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