What if sand flowed like water? Researchers at Centre de Physique Moléculaire Optique et Hertzienne (CNRS/ Université Bordeaux 1) have just demonstrated that even without an attractive force between grains in flowing sand, they have a cohesion similar to that of liquids. These results were published May 30, 2008, in the journal Physical Review Letters.
To learn more, please consult the CNRS press release.
