Researchers have found that a swirling water vortex can force opposing waves to form rotating lines of stillness across an ...

In the quirky quantum world, particles can be affected by forces that they never directly encounter. A classic example is the ...

Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, working with colleagues in Norway and Chile, recreated the Aharonov–Bohm effect using water waves in a vortex tank, finding unexpected ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Last year, onlookers observed a startling site on China’s Qiantang River: waves forming a grid-like pattern. Dubbed the “matrix tide,” this complex wave pattern was caused by the river ...

Fig. 1 An internationally collaborated group, led by Ikerbasque Professor Konstantin Bliokh (upper-right) in DIPC Spain, Nanyang Assistant Professor Yijie Shen (mid-right) in NTU Singapore, and ...

A strange grid-like waves pattern appeared on the surface of Lake Michigan on January 13, 2026, captured on video and widely shared online. The phenomenon, known as square waves, is as visually ...