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Confounded by Coffee
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This article from NASA delves into the strange behavior of bagged blocks of coffee. A vacuum-sealed package of coffee will change from a hard brick to a soft pile of ground beans when exposed to air. The article explains why NASA scientists want to study granular materials and some of the problems faced by researchers.
https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2002/04dec_m...
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Restriction: © 2002 NASA
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Keywords: coffee, granular materials
Record Creator: Metadata instance created September 16, 2009 by Raina Khatri
Record Updated: Apr 23, 2010 by Lyle Barbato
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when Cataloged:		 December 4, 2002
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(Science@NASA, Greenbelt, 2002), WWW Document, (https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2002/04dec_mgm2/).
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Confounded by Coffee (Science@NASA, Greenbelt, 2002), <https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2002/04dec_mgm2/>.
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Confounded by Coffee. (2002, December 4). Retrieved January 14, 2025, from Science@NASA: https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2002/04dec_mgm2/
Chicago Format
Science@NASA. Confounded by Coffee. Greenbelt: Science@NASA, December 4, 2002. https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2002/04dec_mgm2/ (accessed 14 January 2025).
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Confounded by Coffee. Greenbelt: Science@NASA, 2002. 4 Dec. 2002. 14 Jan. 2025 <https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2002/04dec_mgm2/>.
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@misc{ Title = {Confounded by Coffee}, Publisher = {Science@NASA}, Volume = {2025}, Number = {14 January 2025}, Month = {December 4, 2002}, Year = {2002} }
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