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

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

    Prof. William Irvine and postdoc Dustin Kleckner create first knotted vortex in laboratory

    Mar 6, 2013
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    Vortex loops could untie knotty physics problems

    Vortex loops could untie knotty physics problems

    Mar 4, 2013
    Physicist William Irvine receives Packard Fellowship

    Physicist William Irvine receives Packard Fellowship

    Nov 14, 2012
    Scientists discover novel way to 'heal' defects in materials

    Scientists discover novel way to 'heal' defects in materials

    Oct 1, 2012
    Physicists grow pleats in two-dimensional curved spaces

    Physicists grow pleats in two-dimensional curved spaces

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