Physicists have debated which way a submerged sprinkler sucking in water would spin. Careful experiments provide an answer.

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A team of mathematicians used whimsical "silly sprinklers" to solve a physics mystery that has puzzled scientists for decades ...

Quirky backyard sprinklers helped scientists solve a decades-old mystery about how flowing water makes objects spin.

A team of mathematicians from New York University and the Colorado School of Mines ...

Scientists have pinned down why a sprinkler spins when it sucks in water instead of spraying it out — a problem that stumped ...

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For decades, physicists have argued about Feynman’s Sprinkler Problem, the question of how a reverse sprinkler would operate.

Ultrasound waves stopped cancer cell spread and reduced the number of tumor-protective cells in vitro, highlighting the utility of the non-invasive therapy.