Several volcanic "dust devils" were observed this weekend on Mt. Kilauea. The science of volcanic ash vortices or ...

The disease of malaria is triggered by single-celled parasites that accumulate in large groups in the salivary glands of mosquitoes before transmission to human beings. The limited space there ...

A diagram showing how vortices form off the forebody of an aircraft flying at a high angle of incidence, or how steeply it is tilted relative to airflow. At high speeds, even the smallest movement can ...

Vortices that form in quantum liquids can now be studied with a camera that uses particle-like disturbances to take images instead of light. Normal cameras can’t capture these whirlpools, so the ...