William Irvine

Prof. William Irvine

UChicago physicist William Irvine selected for $2 million Brown Investigator Award

close-up of red spring

UChicago scientists push the boundaries between materials and machines

Gyros

UChicago scientists use gyroscopes to find unusual state of matter

Clever experiment documents multi-scale fluid dynamics

Physicist studies concepts affecting fluids at different scales

Knotty Thrills


NOVA

Mysteries of fluid flow unraveled by knots


Scientific American

Fragile knots untangle deep physics questions


Steve Koppes

Physicists create vortex knot—akin to 'tying a smoke ring'


Vortex loops could untie knotty physics problems