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Of beer and bubbles: The formula for a perfect pint

Posted April 25, 2007 4:28 PM

From Yahoo! News: Odd News:

A mathematical formula can now predict how the frothy head on a beer changes over time, a finding that may have a wide range of commercial uses beyond pulling the perfect pint, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. The formula explains how the tiny bubbles that make up foam grow -- an explanation that could lead to the development of products such as metal shrink wrap. The possibilities include "the heat treatment of metals or even controlling (the) head on a pint of beer," Robert MacPherson of Princeton University in New Jersey and David Srolovitz of Yeshiva University in New York report in the journal Nature.

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04/25/2007 10:58 PM

" an explanation that could lead to the development of products such as metal shrink wrap."

OK Now that we have the mathematical theory all we need is the R&D $ and time to get it into production. When is yet to be determined.

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04/26/2007 3:32 AM

This is the sort of thing that needsh a conshiderable inveshtment in time to fully undershtand the sort of things that are going on, particularly in the company of some good friends (hic!).

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04/26/2007 6:28 AM

I recall studying this in college.

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04/26/2007 8:40 AM

You must be exceptionally intelligent! I am still studying it more than 30 years after college and have not reached any definitive conclusions yet other than The British are better at it than the Germans...

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04/26/2007 10:48 AM

Many others have done, do now and will do in the future. Where is all this research leading to?

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04/26/2007 1:00 PM

Hi PWSlack. I dont care where its leading to as long as I get a decent pint of real ale. Spencer.

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04/27/2007 12:28 PM

Not much of a concern for one who prefer a good cabernet sauvignon, meritage or bordeaux.

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