![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090509061819im_/http://www.nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Physicists See Similarities in Stream of Sand Grains, Exotic Plasma at Birth of Universe
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November 6, 2007
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Streams of granular particles bouncing off a target in a simple tabletop experiment produce liquid-like behavior also witnessed in a massive research apparatus that simulates the birth of the universe. A team led by the University of Chicago's Sidney Nagel and Heinrich Jaeger report this surprising finding in the Oct. 27 - Nov. 2 issue of Physical Review Letters.
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Source University of Chicago
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