PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 13 (UPI) --Researchers at Stanford University have found a way to halt the kaleidoscopic swirl of colors on the surface of a soap bubble -- a first. A soap bubble's ...

Bubbles are held together by surface tension (the attraction of liquid molecules to one another along a water-air boundary). The surface tension won’t be even across the bubble, though.

The whirling on the surface of bubbles is caused in part by the Marangoni effect. This phenomenon occurs when molecules called surfactants move from areas of low surface tension to areas of higher ...

Bubbles freezing. John Lloyd They noticed that as soon as the bubble came into contact with the icy surface, water that was sandwiched inside the soap began flowing upward from the base.

The tail doesn’t like water and likes to stay in the air. When we see a bubble, there also is a force called surface tension at work. This force makes water behave a bit like a thin sheet of rubber.

High surface tension is what enables a paperclip to float on the surface of water rather than being submerged. When water flows from a tap, small bubbles are formed but pop very quickly.

The magical sight of a soap bubble freezing is one few people have probably ever seen, save for chill-freaks who like to lather up in a walk-in freezer. But it turns out to be a little understood ...

The volume is 0.00000785 cubic meters. If we start by making a 1-meter bubble with our 1-meter wand, the volume is covering a surface area of just 3.14 square meters, using this formula: ...

In a soap bubble, the Marangoni effect helps stabilize the bubble by creating a more even distribution of surface tension. Prompted by the inquisitiveness of a high school intern, researchers at ...