Star and pentagon wave crests in silicone oil. (Courtesy: Jean Rajchenbach, Didier Clamond and Alphonse Leroux Phys. Rev. Lett. 110 094502) A new wave phenomenon in liquids has been spotted by ...
The reliable control of traveling waves emerging from the coupling of oscillations and diffusion in physical, chemical and biological systems is a long-standing challenge within the physics community.