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The Physics of Beer Bubbles
Roland Piquepaille writes "Yesterday, I told you about virtual beer. Today, we follow two North America researchers who are studying the physics of real beer bubbles. 'Singly scattered waves form the basis of many imaging techniques such as radar or seismic exploration.' But pouring beer in a mug involves multiply scattered acoustic waves. They are more complex to study, but they can be used to look at various phenomena, such as predicting volcanic eruptions or understanding the movement of particles in fluids like beer. They also could be used to monitor the structural health of bridges and buildings or the stability of food products over time. Read more for additional references and a photo showing how the researchers monitor beer bubbles."
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Sorry, I'll take my beer without the scientific mumbo jumbo. If I wanted to get technical, I would drink wines and learn how to sniff corks.
More research on the subject. Very interesting stuff.
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Read more for additional references and a photo showing how the researchers monitor beer bubbles.
People are getting paid to study beer? Where do I sign up?
That's our life, the big wheel of shit. - The Fat Man, Blue Tango Salvage
Yeah but have they split the Beer atom?
And can it be used to power a starship drive?
The Schwartz space ain't from Spaceballs.
The geometric shapes formed by coke rocks and how they are giving architects new ideas!
So cracking CSS would be reduced to waiting for the beer to go flat?
Einstein was the one who added bubbles to beer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Einstein
I can hear them now..
guinness beer guys: "Mixing math with beer? Brilliant!!"
I have to return some videotapes...
I would like to help you out, but a poured beer has never sat for 30 minutes.
Cheers
Edit:
I would like to help you out, but a poured beer has never sat for 30 minutes in my presence.
Cheers
Scientist: Our group would like to study beer bubbles. Board member: Denied. We need a cure for cancer. Scientist: But it's really important -- like that Norwegian study which proved that penguins don't fall on their back when observing passing planes. Board member: Sorry, but it's not viable. Scientist: You can have 20 percent of the beer. Board member: Will $200,000 do?
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>It always bothers me when laypeople
This is Slashdot, there are no people getting laid.
This is incredibly important research. If they keep it up, it's only a matter of time before they develop a can or bottle where the beer has the same consistency as when it's hand-drawn. They can't do that without researching beer bubbles. The widget has been obsolete for far too long, it's the 21st century for heaven's sake.
If they can spend $17 billion a year on NASA to launch a few people into space to do nothing of use, they can spend a couple of billion to get me a pub-like pint of ale at home, at supermarket prices.