The published paper: "Experimental Study of Ordering of Hard Cubes by Shearing", https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.228002 https://jo

The published paper: "Experimental Study of Ordering of Hard Cubes by Shearing", https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.228002 https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.11... Calling them "dice" (which is what was actually used in the experiment) is fine for a summary of the research for laypeople. If confused, any interested reader will quickly know what "ordered" means in this context. As to the work itself, if someone had asked me one hour ago if this would happen, I would have guessed not. I know that light shaking of small objects will tend to organize them, and that large objects in particulate matter (such as sand) will tend to rise in such circumstances. But I still am surprised enough by this result to think it's notable - and, I assume, so were the editors of Physical Review Letters.