![]() ![]() In order to study vortices these scientists are using soap bubbles, the very ones you enjoyed as a child! The difference here is that they are using very sensitive machinery and analysis to study these bubbles. I think this is undoubtedly the case for this lab. I have often heard scientists being referred to as big kids scientists never seem to grow up and always want to play with new toys, so they are always buying the latest microscope or trying out the newest technology in their field. Interestingly, the great red spot on Jupiter has been going for at least 200-300 years, that’s an awful long lifetime for an anticyclone. However, vortices don’t just occur on earth, there are other well-known examples out there in space such as the great red spot on Jupiter or the great dark spot on Neptune. The example image below is actually the tropical storm Haiyan which caused massive damage and killed many people in the Philippines in late 2013. These tropical storms can be quite devastating, take a look at the image above, this is the perfect example of a tropical storm which is itself a vortex. So what can we learn from studying vortices? Well we can actually learn a lot about tropical storms (Hurricanes & Tornadoes), their formation, progression and termination. A paper published in the open access journal Scientific Reports demonstrated their genius system. Physics Researchers at the University of Bordeaux have developed a very novel way to study the properties of vortices using soap bubbles. Image source: National GeographicĪs today is world earth day, I chose to write about a nice paper that came out at the end of last year in which scientists are using a very cool technique to study how the world around us works. ![]()
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