Twigs (IMAGE)

University of Akron

Twigs

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Dr. Hunter King at The University of Akron received an NSF grant to study the collective mechanical interactions of disordered, randomly packed elastic filaments, or slender rods similar to twigs as used in birds' nests. Pictured here are "nest" materials in his lab.

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Dr. Hunter King, The University of Akron

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