vortex

These waves can push the polar vortex out of position and break the circulation up.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Due to this weakening, the vortex has stretched and briefly split into two smaller circulations around the Arctic.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 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

An optical vortex, for example, has a wave pattern that twists around its direction of travel, much like a corkscrew.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

Still others have speculated that the sub was sucked into the vortex of the sinking warship and dragged to the bottom.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

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

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

From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2024

After the Breton engineers who had designed and assembled the vortexes told everyone to take their seats, the “Prometheus” team quieted down, and waited.

From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 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

It also allows researchers to study how changing the size and shape of individual magnetic vortices affects their behavior.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

"These nanoscale vortices could help develop computers that resemble biological brains," said Sudbø.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

Although most people have never heard of skyrmions, these microscopic magnetic vortices may eventually play an important role in how computers store and process data.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

Being able to control where these vortices travel could therefore help scientists improve superconducting devices.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 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