Tiny vortices driven by magnetic fields might be able to move microscopic particles

Friday, September 28, 2018 - 07:50 in Physics & Chemistry

In The Wizard of Oz, a tornado picks up Dorothy's house and moves it far away. A bit farfetched, right? But scientists at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory think that, on a much smaller scale, tiny vortices could one day be used to move microscopic particles.

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