Whirlpools appear when fast-flowing water interacts with other currents or obstacles. Faced with a worthy opponent, the water ...

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Above: A Von Karman vortex street downwind of the Canary Island chain in the eastern Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa on Feb. 27, 2015. Image credit: NASA Worldview. Editor's note ...

Amazing new photos from NASA's Cassini probe orbiting Saturn reveal a dizzying glimpse into a monster storm raging on the ringed planet's north pole.

As a proof of principle, they used strings of 16 vortices to transmit 16,384 pixels, but possible future experiments with strings containing 28 vortex rings would be an efficient way to transmit ...

Powerful water swirl: the innovative TwistFlush swirl flush technology flushes toilets thoroughly and hygienically. Image Courtesy of Villeroy & Boch A Cost-Effective Technology ...

A lobe of the polar vortex swirls into the United States. (Video: ... The extreme temperatures could test the country’s stretched power grid and cause water pipes to burst.