News Headline

Discovering a new fundamental underwater force

Source
EurekAlert

Publication Date
2019-12-20

A team of mathematicians from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Brown University has discovered a new phenomenon that generates a fluidic force capable of moving and binding particles immersed in density-layered fluids. The breakthrough offers an alternative to previously held assumptions about how particles accumulate in lakes and oceans and could lead to applications in locating biological hotspots, cleaning up the environment and even in sorting and packing.

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https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-12/uonc-dan121719.php