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Researchers at Science Tokyo used superconducting vortices to show that clogging—where moving particles become trapped and impede flow—is a nonequilibrium phase transition. By applying a two‑step measurement protocol, they separated clogging from ordinary pinning and found that both phenomena share a common critical point. This experimental evidence clarifies the transition mechanism and could help predict and control clogging in systems ranging from granular materials and filtration devices to industrial pipelines and biological transport networks.

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