استخدمت هذه الظاهرة لتطوير التقنية الجديدة لفصل [[خلية دم حمراء|خلايا الدم الحمراء]]عن [[بلازما الدم]]<ref name="Biomicrofluidics">{{cite journal|last=Arifin|first=Dian R.|coauthors=Leslie Y Yeo, James R. Friend|date=20 December 2006 |title=Microfluidic blood plasma separation via bulk electrohydrodynamic flows|journal=Biomicrofluidics|publisher=[[Americanالمعهد Instituteالأميريكي of Physicsللفيزياء]]|volume=1|issue=1|pages=014103 (CID)|doi=10.1063/1.2409629|url=http://link.aip.org/link/?BIOMGB/1/14103/1|accessdate=2008-12-28|laysummary=http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/01/070116205009.htm|laysource=[[Science Daily]]|laydate=January 17, 2007|pmid=19693352|pmc=2709949}}</ref><ref name="abc">{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/2007/1828408.htm|title=Einstein's tea-leaves inspire new gadget|last=Pincock|first=Stephen|date=17 January 2007|publisher=[[ABC Online]]|accessdate=2008-12-28}}</ref> to understand atmospheric pressure systems,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www-paoc.mit.edu/paoc/papers/Einstein%27sTeaLeavesTPT.pdf|title=Einstein’s Tea Leaves and Pressure Systems in the Atmosphere|last=Tandon|first=Amit|coauthors=Marshall, John|accessdate=2008-12-29}}</ref> and in the process of [[brewing]] [[beer]] to separate out coagulated [[Trub (brewing)|trub]] in the whirlpool.<ref>{{مرجع كتاب|العنوان=Beer: tap into the art and science of brewing|الأول=Charles W.|الأخير=Bamforth|الإصدار=2nd|الناشر=Oxford University Press|سنة=2003|الرقم المعياري=9780195154795|الصفحة=56}}</ref>
