{"669079":{"#nid":"669079","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Researchers discover algorithm to create shapes that roll down pre-determined paths","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers have developed a method to construct solid objects that roll down pre-determined paths, which they reckon could have applications in quantum mechanics and medicine.\u0026nbsp;To get a ball of malleable clay to roll down a simple path, you can force it down a specific path once, squashing it as you go. Take it to the top again, restart it from the initial starting point on the ball\u0027s surface, and it will roll down the same path. The researchers took this principle to develop an algorithm that could produce a shape capable of following almost any pre-determined path, even making the weird-shaped solids out of 3D-printed plastic and solid ball-bearings (for weight) to prove the point. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/elisabetta-matsumoto\u0022\u003EElisabetta Matsumoto\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E, co-wrote an accompanying \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-023-02335-9\u0022\u003Earticle\u003C\/a\u003E to the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-023-06306-y\u0022\u003Estudy\u003C\/a\u003E saying \u0022future work developing for more precise mathematical understanding of the issue would help to connect this work to applications, as well as to open up more purely mathematical veins of research.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers have developed a method to construct solid objects that roll down pre-determined paths, which they reckon could have applications in quantum mechanics and medicine.\u0026nbsp;To get a ball of malleable clay to roll down a simple path, you can force it down a specific path once, squashing it as you go. Take it to the top again, restart it from the initial starting point on the ball\u0027s surface, and it will roll down the same path. The researchers took this principle to develop an algorithm that could produce a shape capable of following almost any pre-determined path, even making the weird-shaped solids out of 3D-printed plastic and solid ball-bearings (for weight) to prove the point. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/elisabetta-matsumoto\u0022\u003EElisabetta Matsumoto\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E, co-wrote an accompanying \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-023-02335-9\u0022\u003Earticle\u003C\/a\u003E to the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-023-06306-y\u0022\u003Estudy\u003C\/a\u003E saying \u0022future work developing for more precise mathematical understanding of the issue would help to connect this work to applications, as well as to open up more purely mathematical veins of research.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-08-21 16:53:12","changed_gmt":"2023-08-21 16:53:12","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"The Register","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2023\/08\/09\/trajectoids_study\/","dateline":{"date":"2023-08-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-08-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"173838","name":"Elisabetta Matsumoto"},{"id":"9671","name":"Quantum Mechanics"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}