Ants don’t get into traffic jams. That’s what Rachel Berkowitz found in her reporting on a Georgia Tech research project. The scientists are using soft-matter physics to figure out how ants can crowd into a narrow space but still move efficiently. Can you bring that to Seattle, ants? Rachel writes regularly for Physics Today and posts her latest at rberkowitz.net, her LinkedIn page, and @rdberkowitz image: USDA
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