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The Physics of Beer Bubbles

Posted by Zonk on from the researchers-put-in-a-lot-of-overtime-on-this-one dept.

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."

8 of 113 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Frosty Piss by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Frosty Piss is exactly how I would describe Budweiser under any circumstance.

  2. Re:Yahoo reference by JoeCommodore · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yeah I hope whoever does it has an electric guitar that can do 4/4 time so they can relieve the energy of the beer atom splitting. Why, yes, Ive seen that documentary on young Einstein.

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  3. Work for Anheuser-Busch by tepples · · Score: 1, Informative

    People are getting paid to study beer? Where do I sign up? You could always apply for a job with Anheuser-Busch.
  4. Re:Not really by Wolfrider · · Score: 2, Informative

    --This movie http://imdb.com/title/tt0096486/ suddenly becomes Relevant...

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  5. Re:guinness beer guys. by TaintMasterMitch · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually, Guinness has mixed math with beer for some time now. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student's_t-test

  6. Re:Roland Zonkpaille by sanyasi · · Score: 4, Informative

    I know a lot of people think Roland Piquepaille has 'reformed' because hes no longer linking to primidi, but Roland is still whoring Slashdot for ad views and the like - its just that he is now employed by zdnet. The links in the summary all link to his new blog run by zdnet.
    Im not saying that its wrong to do this - but dont be fooled into thinking that his new links are somehow 'genuine' and hes not whoring as usual.

  7. René Thoms: catastrophe theory by infernet · · Score: 2, Informative

    This research does not seem to be fair enough. These findings were already theorized by the French mathematician René Thom; he developed the catastrophe theory between 1968 and 1972. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_thom He published his work "Structural Stability and Morphogenesis" (1972), where he states the catastrophe theory may explain natural phenomena such as the beer bubbles, the tree barks, vulcanic activity, earthquakes, sea waves, and even a stock market catastrophes... It's a shame this PDF doesn't even mention such fundamental theories. You may find more about this theory in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catastrophe_theory

  8. Re:Devil's Advocate here. by noSignal · · Score: 2, Informative

    After a small(ish) initial investment, you can have pub-like ale at home. I get 1/4 barrel kegs of Sam Adams (I prefer a nice hoppy lager, but I'm sure you can find an ale to suit your tastes) for something like $56.00. A 1/4 barrel holds about 50 pints... that's what? $1.12ish a pint. What would you consider to be supermarket prices? Or better yet, brew your own and use a cornelius keg.