Making Antibubbles in Beer from Belgium

An anonymous reader writes "About.com reports on "Antibubbles in beer from Belgium". Scientists in Belgium have studied the movement of antibubbles (the exact opposite of regular bubbles) in Flemish beer. They found that the beer was very similar, but not the same as, dishwater. You can also learn how to make antibubbles in your kitchen from soapy water."

scientists and beer

[joeldg]

sort of makes you wonder what the relationship is between science and beer with the amount of research that has gone into beer.

I mean.. how many articles have been on slashdot about "scientists discover why bubbles in beer go up/down/sideways in space/a vacuum/on the moon" etc etc.. Seems like hundreds over the years..

I am not complaining.. I mean, I sit there and look into my beer and wonder about the bubbles sometimes.. just wondering who is paying for this research?

Re:scientists and beer

[pclminion]

I am not complaining.. I mean, I sit there and look into my beer and wonder about the bubbles sometimes.. just wondering who is paying for this research?

Wise people who understand that the applications of a theory or effect may go far beyond the scope of the original experiment?

Re:Misnomer

[Anonymous Coward]

"The exact opposite of a bubble would be an airborn droplet."

I dunno, I've never heard of a rainbubble before.

A bubbling effect is created by a liquid membrane forming between two gaseous environments, so how is an airborne droplet the exact opposite if it's just a drop of fluid in the air?

Re:Misnomer

[Angostura]

You have opened my eyes, I think. I was thinking of a beer bubble as a pocket of gas within the liquid; you are talking about a bubble in terms of the free-floating entity.

Damn English and its ambiguous words :-)

Coolest bubbles...

[simetra]

The coolest bubbles I've seen in my kitchen are bubbles in hot cocoa that contain an island of dry powder.