In the epic battle of soap bubble versus drop of water, the surprising winner is the bubble. This is because of the bubble’s ability to “self-heal” as the drop first splashes down through it ...

A physicist first and foremost, Plateau is also remembered for his contributions to our understanding of one of the world’s most delicate and mysterious geometries: the soap bubble. Soap bubbles ...

Life can be stressful, but you know what isn't? Watching giant, glistening soap bubbles float through the air. It might sound weird, but I recently learned first-hand how soothing the sight of an ...

The freeze front creates an unusual liquid flow on the surface of the soap bubbles, new research suggests. By Knvul Sheikh You may have seen the viral videos of photographers freezing soap bubbles ...

And some of these are pure art. Case in point, their latest video (discovered via Laughing Squid) shows soap bubbles crystallizing atop a levitating magnet. And it really is a gorgeous thing to ...

Blowing soap bubbles, besides being a favorite pastime for children, also happens to be an art form and a subject of interest for physicists. Emmanuelle Rio, François Boulogne, Marina Pasquet ...

Zoom in on a soap bubble just before it bursts and brilliant, complex patterns emerge. Shimmery rainbows appear in thicker portions of the soap film, while clusters of dark spots appear in the ...

That produces a soap film able to stretch sufficiently thin to make a giant bubble without breaking. Bubbles may seem frivolous, but there is some complex underlying physics, and hence their study ...

This is a whopping 200,000 times longer than regular soap bubbles, which typically last for a only a matter of minutes — if even that — before they pop. The team's trick lies in creating a ...