Bursting bubbles
Scientists examine the phenomenon and its real-world implications
CAMBRIDGE — With a drinking straw in one hand and a bottle of bubble solution in another, Harvard scientist James C. Bird sat down in a cafe last week to conduct an experiment on the lens of his eyeglasses. He dipped the straw in the solution, blew a soapy half-dome bubble onto the lens, and popped it. The bubble disappeared ... (Full article: 828 words)
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