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This behavior, known as one-dimensional pinning-free vortex flow, means the vortices can travel along a defined path without encountering the usual obstacles that restrict their movement.

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

Widespread snow driven by a polar vortex is rumoured to be heading for the UK this autumn and winter.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

He was sick with searing hatred, and in the endless vortex through which he whirled, there was no comfort.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry

"So you get these big vortexes, it's quite intense, with these outbursts of activity."

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 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

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

Using scanning tunneling microscopy, a technique capable of imaging surfaces at the atomic level, the researchers confirmed that the steps ran parallel to one another and directly observed vortices positioned along them.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

The experiments revealed an extraordinary difference in how easily the vortices could move depending on their direction.

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

All of this can be explained very well in the atomic model of the world, but only with much greater difficulty using Cartesian vortices.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin