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Archive Home > 2012 > August > 14 > Physicists find optimal sand castle recipe

Physicists find optimal sand castle recipe

By Kate Yandell / The Bulletin
August 14, 2012

A group of physicists say they have figured out how to build taller, thinner sand castles: by mixing 99 parts sand with only 1 part water.

“We found that the optimum water content is very, very low, much lower than what children on the beach would use," said Daniel Bonn of the....

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