vortex
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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
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
Will El Niño and the polar vortex bring snow to the UK this winter?
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 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
My feet were instantly lifted off the floor as the vortex continued to pull my avatar inexorably toward it.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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
We take trips to breakup boot camps, energy vortexes or atheist retreats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2024
Little vortexes of dust spiral around the block as I step down from the trailer with my parents.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
Scientists in Japan have discovered that tiny steps just one atom high can act like microscopic railroad tracks, guiding the movement of quantum vortices inside an ultrathin superconductor.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
Being able to control where these vortices travel could therefore help scientists improve superconducting devices.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
By applying current for an extremely short period, researchers can drive the current density to very high levels before the vortices have enough time to move significantly or heat the material.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
The newly detected vortices appear along the boundaries of structures known as granules, which densely cover the Sun's visible surface.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
Adam’s irises were light blue with dark radial lines leading into the vortices of his pupils.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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