Researchers at UBC have found a way to mimic the elusive Schwinger effect using superfluid helium, where vortex pairs appear ...

Superfluid helium reveals a manageable analog to the Schwinger effect. It deepens understanding of vortices and quantum ...

This calculated diffraction image shows how forked diffraction gratings shape the atoms' wave function into a vortex. (Courtesy: Science/AAAS) A wave-like property previously only seen in beams of ...

Left: Jupiter's Great Red Spot. Right: Two large paddle potentials stir a superfluid inducing large scale flow (UQ study). Courtesy: T Neely Turbulence is a common phenomenon in nature and is also ...

In 1951, physicist Julian Schwinger theorized that by applying a uniform electrical field to a vacuum, electron-positron ...

University of Chicago physicists have succeeding in creating a vortex knot—a feat akin to tying a smoke ring into a knot. Linked and knotted vortex loops have existed in theory for more than a century ...

There is a connection between physics and flamingos. It's all about the unusual way they feed. They stomp their large feet, they dip their heads upside down, eyes first into the water. They also open ...

Awards presented in 2003 to three Argonne scientists highlighted the excellence of Argonne's superconductivity program. Distinguished Scientist Alexei Abrikosov shared the Nobel Prize in physics.