April 17, 2017 08:47 am PDT
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Shoelace knots fail catastrophically, thanks to 7 gees' worth of stress
In a new paper published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, researchers from UC Berkeley reveal that shoelace knots do not gradualy come loose, as was previously supposed -- rather, they fail catastrophically and suddenly, thanks to strange and surprising stresses that they must endure. (more…)
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