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Mathematical Observatory

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Account for Oxford's Mathematical Observatory. Posts by Dominic Vella

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Mathematical Observatory @mathobservatory.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Buckling normally happens when you compress something slender, but 'tug' on a piece of crumpled paper at two points and it also buckles. Read more about how this "localized-TUG folding" occurs in many systems at: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2423439122
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Mathematical Observatory @mathobservatory.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Read about how the squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium) disperses its seeds in a high pressure jet here: doi.org/10.1073/pnas... (or just watch the movie)
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