Bursting bubbles enhance our drinks, seed our clouds, and affect our health. Because these bubbles are so small, they’re easily affected by changes at the interface, like surfactants, Marangoni effects, Keep reading
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Oil-Covered Bubbles Popping
When bubbles burst, they release smaller droplets from the jet that rebounds upward. Depending on their size, these droplets can fall back down or get lofted upward on air currents Keep reading
How Large Particles Get in Sea Spray
When bubbles burst at the ocean’s surface, they eject droplets that can carry high concentrations of contaminants like pollutants, viruses, and microplastics. Previous theories posited that only particles smaller than Keep reading
“Radiolarians”
“Radiolarians” is a short film by artist Roman De Giuli using ink, alcohol, and oil. Much of the fluid motion involves break-up into droplets. The effects appear to rely heavily Keep reading
Popping an Oil Balloon
Oil and water don’t mix — or at least they won’t without a lot of effort! In this video, we get to admire just how immiscible these fluids are as Keep reading
Capsule Impact and Bursting
Nature and industry are full of elastic membranes filled with a fluid, from red blood cells to water balloons. A new study looks at how these capsules deform — and Keep reading