2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/153218By virtue of Rayleigh-Benard convection, we illustrate the advantages of combining a hydrodynamic pattern forming instability with a thermodynamic critical point. This has already lead to many novel unexpected observations and is further shown to possess opportunities for the study of exciting fundamental problems in nonequilibrium systems.ReVTeX, 6 pages, 4 embedded Encapsulated PostScript Figures, uses psbox (included), to appear in Europhys. News, higher resolution Figs available upon requestPattern Formation and Solitonstext