The swirling currents occur when the rodlike structures that extend inward from the cells' membranes bend together like wheat stalks caught in a strong breeze, report researchers at the Flatiron ...

Whirlpools are formed by the combination of strong currents, narrow channels, and rapidly changing underwater topography. Dangerous whirlpools are rare and require currents of 10 knots or more. Small, ...

The sound of water is relaxing until you feel the water pulling you. Then you notice a whirlpool near you in the middle of ...

Egg cells are among the largest cells in the animal kingdom. If moved only by the random jostlings of water molecules, a protein could take hours or even days to drift from one side of a forming egg ...