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Researchers Build 3-D Model of Curly Hair
In animated films it is rare to find a character with curly hair, since animators lack a simple mathematical means of describing the curls. However, in a paper appearing in the Feb. 13 issue of Physical Review Letters, researchers at MIT and the Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris provide the first detailed model for the 3-D shape of a strand of curly hair.
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