Astronauts don’t typically drink soda or other carbonated beverages while in space. The reason is probably apparent if you watch this new video of an effervescent tablet in water on Keep reading
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Beverage Bubbles Bursting
Fizzy drinks like soda and champagne have many bubbles which rise to the surface before bursting. When the film separating the bubble and the air drains and bursts, it leaves Keep reading
Champagne Bubble Physics
Champagne is well-known for its effervescence, but its tiny bubbles do more than affect your sensation when sipping. Champagne bubbles form when carbon dioxide dissolved in the wine nucleates along Keep reading
The Science of Champagne
Champagne owes much of its allure to its tiny bubbles. Unlike other wines, champagne undergoes a secondary fermentation in the bottle, during which the yeasts in the wine consume sugars Keep reading
Champagne Science
Today many a glass of champagne will be raised in honor of the end of one year and the beginning of a new. This French wine, known for its bubbly Keep reading