Simulated volumetric rendering of the instantaneous fluid velocity field (blue for upward, orange for downward) produced by the gravitational settling of heavy particles (spheres) in a Rayleigh-Taylor-like setup.

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New Form of Mixing in Turbulent Sedimentation
Simone Tandurella, Marco Edoardo Rosti, Stefano Musacchio, and Guido Boffetta
Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 104003 (2026)

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