Sea Monkeys Show Scientists How To Rewrite a Rule of Turbulence
Scientists assumed that energy flows in only one direction in a turbulent system.
Scientists assumed that energy flows in only one direction in a turbulent system.
The short version
- What they didn’t know, until they looked closely at brine shrimp, was that a simple factor can reverse the flow.
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What happened
Create a reading list by clicking the Read Later icon next to the articles you wish to save. In Lei Fang’s lab at the University of Pittsburgh, a brine shrimp swims through a two-dimensional turbulent system.
Why it matters
Brine shrimp are about a centimeter long and swim upside down, beating their legs madly and trailing their elongated abdomens behind them like tails.
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