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."

Frosty Piss

[Anonymous Coward]

On Topic

Under the wrong influence...

[__aaclcg7560]

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

[MyLongNickName]

More research [theonion.com] on the subject. Very interesting stuff.

I'm in the wrong business

[HangingChad]

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?

Re:Frosty Piss

[sokoban]

I'm afraid that Frosty Piss will only be considered on topic if you're talking about Budweiser served in a chilled mug.

Yahoo reference

[edwardpickman]

Yeah but have they split the Beer atom?

What about tea?

[feepness]

And can it be used to power a starship drive [wikipedia.org]?

Re:Devil's Advocate here.

[weak*]

Isn't there something more worth while that scientists could be researching?

No.

Coming up next...

[kypper]

The geometric shapes formed by coke rocks [wikipedia.org] and how they are giving architects new ideas!

Re:Possible uses

[Anonymous Coward]

So cracking CSS would be reduced to waiting for the beer to go flat?

Einstein already studied the subject.

[Bragador]

Einstein was the one who added bubbles to beer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Einstein [wikipedia.org]

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Re:Yahoo reference

[xs650]

Yes, the resulting element is vitamin P

Re:One thing that's always interested me...

[xs650]

I would like to help you out, but a poured beer has never sat for 30 minutes.

Cheers

Re:One thing that's always interested me...

[xs650]

Edit:

I would like to help you out, but a poured beer has never sat for 30 minutes in my presence.

Cheers

Getting the cash

[eebra82]

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?

Re:Devil's Advocate here.

[Anonymous Coward]

>It always bothers me when laypeople

This is Slashdot, there are no people getting laid.

Re:Devil's Advocate here.

[drsquare]

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.