Researchers from the University of Greifswald and the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) in Heidelberg (both in Germany) have developed a prototype experimental setup that simulates flow ...

Krissy Worth & John Krekelberg with Hands On! Discovery Center, showed us how to make a tornado in a bottle and a fire tornado using ordinary household items! Please take a moment and watch the video ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - This episode is about tornadoes. We will use dry ice and a fan to model tornado formation. A tornado is formed similarly in real life with a few small differences. Slower surface ...

NORMAN, OK -- The first phase of an $11.9 million experiment to study tornadoes ended with researchers only finding one twister during a 35-day period. The initial phase of the Verification of ...

Attempting to model astronomical systems can often involve supercomputers, but scientists have also looked for alternative analogue systems to model the astronomical systems they are studying. This ...

The LIFT project is working to gain insight into the structure of tornadoes and their wind speeds, in order to better understand the damage they can cause and improve societal preparedness.

LAWRENCE (WISH) — Storm Track 8 meteorologist Ryan Morse recently visited the ELC at Amy Beverland Elementary School in Lawrence. It was a day spending time with 200 kindergarten students and giving ...

This photo shows the upper part of the water tornado model. The acrylic glas tank has a diameter of 50 centimetres and is illuminated with LED strips. The water forms a vortex whose surface shape ...

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