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By using these atomic steps as natural guiding tracks, scientists may be able to control vortex motion with remarkable precision.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Although practical applications will require further development, this atomic-scale approach could eventually help researchers manage both vortex movement and heat flow in future superconducting technologies, potentially enabling more efficient devices that consume less power.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

The contrast with warmer air further south drives the very strong stratospheric winds that make up the polar vortex.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Equally, periods of a meandering jet stream and cold winter weather often occur without significant changes in the polar vortex.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

I begrudgingly rise from my marshmallow chair and dart around the room, pulling comic books and toiletries into my suitcase like a speed-packing vortex.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Her drawings, which come in sets of two or three near-identical shapes, have "a beautiful intricacy to them" and "look like swirling vortexes", he said.

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025

Its three suns move and align in such a way as to create regular but random apocalyptic events, from infernal heat to sudden ice ages to gravitational vortexes, that destroy the civilization again and again.

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2024

Their findings revealed that swimmers can utilize water flow and vortexes more effectively as their speed increases.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2024

Mobulas are known to create vortex formations when feeding or resting, but this is the first time vortexes have been reported in a mating context.

From National Geographic ● Nov. 20, 2023

Little vortexes of dust spiral around the block as I step down from the trailer with my parents.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

However, superconductors also contain tiny quantum structures known as vortices.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

When the vortices move, they can generate electrical resistance and affect the performance of the superconductor.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

The findings demonstrate that even a surface feature only one atom high can have a powerful influence on the movement of quantum vortices.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Instead, failure is usually triggered by the movement of vortices, tiny regions where magnetic flux can pass through the material.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

Hooke also did away with the vortices, introducing the idea of what we would now call ‘action at a distance’—gravity reaching out across empty space to tug on the Moon or the planets.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin