The Jamming Principle in Cereal and GlassA hidden physical connection between traffic and windows.
From the show
Nature's Hidden BlueprintDiscover 'jamming,' a universal physical process that explains why everyday materials can suddenly get stuck. This isn't about temperature, but about density, explaining everything from grain clumping in a silo to the transition between liquids and solids in advanced materials. The same counterintuitive principle that governs complex substances like colloids also dictates why your cereal sometimes won't pour. It's a surprising link between the mundane and the microscopic.
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