It started with a simple concept: bubbles. But Central Middle School eighth-grader Carolyn Jons has turned that concept into a national-award-winning science project. “My project was the effect of ...

What can soap bubbles tell us about cell division? More than you might think: in 1886 Leo Errera noted that bubbles in soap resembled dividing cells. He thought the shape of the bubbles could predict ...

A soap bubble is simply a very thin sheet of soapy water, called a soap film, surrounding a volume of air. A force called surface tension pulls the soap film tight, so that it always has the ...