Phenomena involving surface tension are extremely complex and have applications in our everyday lives, and researchers are tackling the complicated mathematics behind the physics.

OF the various methods of determining surface tension of liquids, the method of ripples is free from all surface influences. Lord Rayleigh, Dorsey, Grünmach, Kalähne and others have determined ...

Physicists at the University of Liège have succeeded in sculpting the surface of water by exploiting surface tension. Using ...

But soap has a lower surface tension, so there is a difference in surface tension between the areas of high and low soap concentration. This drags the water back into the film.