Instabilities in gels and sand look alike. (IMAGE)

Tokyo Metropolitan University

Instabilities in gels and sand look alike.

Caption

When sand beds (a) and gels (b) are destabilized, similar “fingering” instabilities are seen to form over time (left to right).

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Tokyo Metropolitan University

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