Vortex Loops Could Untie Knotty Physics Problems

Monday, March 4, 2013 - 14:00 in Physics & Chemistry

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, but creating them in the laboratory had previously eluded scientists.

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