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  • Discovering the environmental impact of bursting bubbles

    Nov 18, 2021 10:15 am by Lois YoksoulianResearch
    mechanical science and engineering professor Jie Feng, left, graduate student Zhengyu Yang and postdoctoral researcher Bingqiang Ji. Photo by Fred Zwicky

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    • mechanical science and engineering professor Jie Feng, left, graduate student Zhengyu Yang and postdoctoral researcher Bingqiang Ji. Photo by Fred Zwicky

    Researchers used high-speed photography to demonstrate the mechanism that allows bursting bubbles to transport organic material, such as contaminants and microbes, into the atmosphere.