“Glass, sand, toothpaste, and silly putty are among the various materials that can act like a solid or a liquid, depending on the conditions…Finally, the authors suggest that their theory could also be applied to sticking vs slipping of seismic fault ruptures, shear banding in metallic alloys, strain softening in colloidal glasses, and stop-and-go driving in traffic jams.” Full Slice

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