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Home » Condensed matter » Transition from flocking to jamming recreated in the lab 

Transition from flocking to jamming recreated in the lab 

23 Sep 2019
Flock of birds
Birds of a feather: self-propelled microbeads can flock together much like birds. (Courtesy: iStock/Jamie-Roach)
Millions of tiny self-propelled beads racing around a track will “freeze” like ice when their

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Ian Randall is a science writer based in the UK 
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