Electricity Gives Bubbles Super Strength 66
sciencehabit writes "Left to its own devices, a bubble will weaken and pop as the fluid sandwiched between two thin layers of soap succumbs to gravity and drains toward the floor. But when researchers trapped a bubble between two platinum electrodes and cranked up the voltage, the fluid reversed direction and actually flowed up, against the force of gravity. The newly strong and stable bubbles could live for hours, and even visibly change colors as their walls grew fatter. Because soap film is naturally only nanometers thick, this whimsical experiment could help scientists create more efficient labs-on-chips, the mazes of nanotunnels that can diagnose disease based on the movements of a miniscule drop of blood."
Scientists! (Score:3, Funny)
"Because soap film is naturally only nanometers thick, this whimsical experiment could help scientists create more efficient labs-on-chips, ..."
Wot? No new gadget to blow bubbles?
Think of the children!
Re:Anti gravity applications? (Score:5, Funny)
Posh bastard!
We used brown wrapping paper and had to like it.
Oh what I would have given for some sticky back plastic to cover our books with!
Re:That's all I need (Score:4, Funny)
Are you saying the Powerpuff Girls grew up and became hookers? I knew the economy was bad but that is just depressing...