The clear plastic disks use to study clogging appear rather plain — at least until you look at them through polarizers. Then the disks light up with a web of Keep reading
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How Hagfish Slime Clogs
When attacked, the eel-like hagfish slimes its predator, clogging the fish’s gills so that it can escape. A recent study looks at just what makes the slime so effective. There Keep reading
The Physics of Clogging
Clogging is one of those phenomenons that we encounter constantly, from overflowing storm drains to the traffic jam at the door when a lecture ends. It happens at all scales, Keep reading
Ants Avoid Traffic Jams by Giving Up
Both ants and traffic are well-connected to fluid dynamics, even if they are not, strictly speaking, fluids. As it happens, ant traffic has interesting implications not only for human transit Keep reading
Clogging, In Hourglasses and Crowds
Hourglasses are pretty common, but you’ve probably never given much thought to the way they flow. An hourglass designer has to carefully select the sizing of the neck and the Keep reading