Thursday, September 29, 2005

MAXIMUM ANGLE OF STABILITY OF A WET GRANULAR PILE

That's the title of a scientific study in Nature Physics that reveals the sand–water ratio for the perfect sand castle. There's some research money well spent. Now, where would one get a dumptruck load of the "glass beads the size of sand grains" these guys used? Hey, when building a sand castle there's no sense settling for second best.

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