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Stanford engineers stop soap bubbles from swirling
- abysmallyideal 10y agoIt appears the method can add more control to how the surface tension equalizes. The "arrest" or "bump" method also adds control in how the surface tension is displaced across the bubble, and the resulting equalization.
- semi-extrinsic 10y agoI'm not surprised to see this come out of Gerald Fuller's lab, he does some really interesting work on the dynamics of fluid surfaces/interfaces.
- dildo_fingers 10y agoIts about god damn time!
- whatnotests 10y agoGlad to see that some of our brightest young people are focusing on the right problems, right now.
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- umeshunni 10y agoAt present, the lab is studying the dynamics of bubbles and the Marangoni effect as they relate to the quality of beer foam, separating crude oil from water and the creation of unwanted bubbles in drug formulations, which can reduce the efficacy of a drug therapy.
- pjlegato 10y agoCool. Can they also stop tech bubbles from churning? Sorry, couldn't resist.
- B1FF_PSUVM 10y ago> The study, titled “Placing Marangoni instabilities under arrest,” Quark.
- pstuart 10y agoSomewhat relevant, "The 11-Year Quest to Create Disappearing Colored Bubbles" http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2005-11/11-year-quest-create-disappearing-colored-bubbles http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2005-11/11-year-quest-...