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Soft matter and liquids

Soft matter and liquids

Why rubber bands ripple when shot from the thumb

14 Jan 2019
Rubber band
Hey y’all prepare yourselves: this rubber band could be coming your way. (Courtesy AT Oratis and JC Bird/Phys. Rev. Lett.)
Characteristic ripples that form in rubber bands just after they are launched into the air have been

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