Everybody loves bubbles, regardless of age—the bigger the better. But to blow really big, world-record-scale bubbles requires a very precise bubble mixture. Physicists have determined that a key ...

Blowing soap bubbles has amused children (and adults) for centuries. Recently people have begun blowing soap bubbles in sub-freezing weather. Just this last November, the physics of water crystal ...

There’s a science behind the art of blowing soap bubbles. It’s not the thickness of the soapy film but rather the speed of the blowing gust of air that determines whether bubbles will emerge, ...

We’ve all delighted in the simple joy of blowing bubbles, but most of us never stop to think about the underlying physics. Now French physicists have devised a mathematical model that precisely ...

Inspired by watching his son blowing soap bubbles, lead scientist Eijiro Miyako more recently wondered if such bubbles might be a better way to go. Working with researcher Xi Yang, he proceeded to ...

The act of blowing bubbles is one of the most satisfying things that a kid (or adult) can experience. Watching the soapy bubbles bob along, shimmering in the sunlight, is just as pleasing. That ...

Two things I remember from early childhood are that soap suds in our eyes made my brother and me cry and that blowing soap bubbles made us happy. The colorful bubbles were beautiful, and they grew ...

French painters Jean Siméon Chardin and Édouard Manet both created well-known paintings that depicted children blowing bubbles through straw-like tubes, albeit painted more than a century apart. Those ...

Scientists from Emory University have published new research on the secret to making very, very big bubbles. They’ve been able to create bubbles nearly 6 meters across using an optimized mix of ...

A team of mathematicians has devised the most precise recipe yet for blowing perfect bubbles, and it’s not just for fun and frolics. Achieving a better understanding of the dynamics at work could lead ...