Two seemingly unrelated phenomena share surprising link: Physicists gain new insight into solitons

Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - 06:30 in Physics & Chemistry

(PhysOrg.com) -- A coupled line of swinging pendulums apparently has nothing in common with an elastic film that buckles and folds under compression while floating on a liquid, but scientists at the University of Chicago and Tel Aviv University have discovered a deep connection between the two phenomena.

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