The science experimenters at TKOR upgrade vortex cannons to generate stronger air blasts and more dramatic ring-shaped pulses ...

In the quirky quantum world, particles can be affected by forces that they never directly encounter. A classic example is the ...

In the quirky, quantum world, particles can be affected by forces that they never directly encounter. A classic example is ...

Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, working with colleagues in Norway and Chile, recreated the Aharonov–Bohm effect using water waves in a vortex tank, finding unexpected ...

Have you ever wished to drive microscopic matter along an arbitrarily tailored trajectory instead of just a circle? That's ...

(Aitor Diago/Moment/Getty Images) For the first time, physicists have observed that 'holes' in light can move faster than the light itself. They're known as phase singularities or optical vortices, ...

Topological Quantum Fluids group at the Department of Applied Physics, is seeking outstanding candidates for the position of Postdoctoral Researcher ...

The Museum of Illusions demonstrates that some of the most fascinating experiences don’t require traveling to exotic ...

The Vortex Tunnel is where physics and psychology have a cage match, and your sense of balance is the referee who gets ...

Visualization of particle trajectories in water as turbulence winds down in a specially designed tank. The colors represent ...

Researchers have found that a swirling water vortex can force opposing waves to form rotating lines of stillness across an ...

Lines of momentarily flat water extend outward and rotate, in the opposite direction to the flow of the vortex. The left video shows the pattern from the experiment, while the right video shows the ...