physicsphysics: ookii: Physicists burst bubble mystery BBC-With the help of high speed video, scientists have discovered that there is far more to bursting bubbles than meets the eye. Under the right conditions, a bursting bubble on a liquid surface does not simply vanish, but creates a perfect ring of tiny “daughter bubbles”. This occurs as the ruptured bubble retracts into the liquid, forming a doughnut shape of trapped air. The scientists reported their discovery in the journal Nature. Cool video on the article’s page, here.

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Physicists burst bubble mystery

BBC-With the help of high speed video, scientists have discovered that there is far more to bursting bubbles than meets the eye.

Under the right conditions, a bursting bubble on a liquid surface does not simply vanish, but creates a perfect ring of tiny “daughter bubbles”.

This occurs as the ruptured bubble retracts into the liquid, forming a doughnut shape of trapped air.

The scientists reported their discovery in the journal Nature.

Cool video on the article’s page, here.

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    http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100609/full/news.2010.289.html Corrrect page :p. More videos, too!
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    Amazing … wondering about the possible applications of this finding.
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    Cool video on the article’s page, here.
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