Nature1d
Crowds suck people into a vortex — surprising physicists
Studying crowd dynamics could inform strategies that help to prevent dense gatherings from becoming dangerous.
Warmth is weakening the polar vortex. Here’s what it means for extreme cold.
Research has found that rising temperatures in the Arctic are weakening weather systems that normally trap the cold around ...
Boston College4d
Solving a vexing vortex
But a MZM exists in a vortex, a tornado-like swirl of electrons in the topological defects of a superconducting material. Research to date has insisted that such vortices can only be generated by ...
Superfluid spirals: Scientists control Kelvin waves for first time
In a new study published in Nature Physics, researchers have developed the first controlled method for exciting and observing ...
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Mesmerizing Plasma Vortex Forming in Magnetic Fields
Watch the fascinating interaction between plasma and magnetic fields as swirling vortexes take shape with precision. The ...
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Riding Quantum Kelvin Wave
Lord Kelvin theorized in 1880 that stimulating a thin vortex line would produce a helical deformation, later known as a Kelvin wave ...
Alaska Dispatch News7d
Earth’s warming is weakening the polar vortex. Here’s what that means for extreme cold.
Research has found that rising temperatures in the Arctic are weakening weather systems that normally trap the cold around ...
Nanowerk10d
Riding the quantum Kelvin wave
Scientists demonstrate controlled oscillations of quantum vortex core lines in superfluid helium, visualizing helical waves on quantum vortices.