Monash researchers have discovered that swimming sperm create swirling fluid vortices—shaped like rolling corkscrews—giving them an extra boost in the race to the egg. The study, published in Cell ...

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New research shows sperm generate corkscrew-like fluid vortices that spin in sync with their tails, providing an unexpected boost. Reading time 2 minutes When we learn about “the birds and the bees,” ...

Sea urchin sperm on a flat surface organise themselves into vortices of 10 cells, swimming clockwise in a circle around a central point, a new study reveals. These vortices of synchronised swimming ...

Human sperm can swim through surprisingly viscous fluids with ease – and they seemingly defy Newton's third law of motion to do so. To figure out how they slither through substances that should, in ...

Human sperm can swim through surprisingly viscous fluids with ease – and they seemingly defy Newton's third law of motion to do so. To figure out how they slither through substances that should, in ...