Thursday 27 March 2014

Soap Bubble Magic




Why is NASA still studying soap bubbles.  Check out some more cool images in this Wired Article.  

Friday 21 March 2014

Rewrite the textbooks on water's surface tension

Rewrite the textbooks on water's surface tension





Prof Angus Gray-Weale from the Chemistry, Department of Chemistry University of Melbourne said, "The surface tension of water affects its behavior and changes with pH but previous research about the adsorption of various ions at the interface all ignored the presence of the hydroxide ion and its charge."