I'm very disappointed that you didn't try to make a normal bubble touch a antibubble to get bubblenergy or maybe a bubblehole

I see thees all the time in mercury; never knew what they are called, thanks!

Another interesting physics idea is nanobubbles - harder to do demos with though

I had never seen the submerged "anti-bubble" before, but I have studied the surface phenomenon that was initially shown with the milk. Back in '79 I won the Houston Science Fair Physics division (and most original exhibit) with my "Interstice formation in liquids" project, but I had never heard of "anti-bubbles." The surface phenomenon, which involves droplets floating above the surface, happens in every polar (meaning the molecules are inherently bi-polar charged due to covalent bonding) liquid. This happens in the sink, on the hood of a car, and I've even noticed it in urinals, as well as molten solder (tin and lead). The Hydrogen atoms in water are bonded at a 107 degree angle with a covalent bond to the Oxygen, so even plain water will do this. I was able to set up an apparatus with nearly 100% floater generation, and also used dye to study the droplets. Interestingly, the addition of soap (or any surfactant) simply causes the floating droplets to flatten out, and they will often merge creating "drops" nearly 2cm in diameter. I also played around with pH, but that had no effect on the phenomenon. If I remember right, the air gap is just a few hundred Angstrom, close to the wavelength of yellow light - one experimenter used diffraction rings from a sodium lamp to measure the distance. Any dust or particulate on the surface of the liquid tends to pop the bubbles so that they either don't form, or are extremely short lived. One of the coolest things about this is that if you introduce a static electric field, the phenomenon disappears! Apparently this alters the surface polarity enough to prevent the electric charge drop levitation. Run a comb through your hair and bring it near the liquid to watch this, or just stand on a bathroom mat that makes static when you rub your socks on it: when you bend over to get a close look at the drops, they all disappear! The only research I was ever able to find on this came from two Scientific American articles in the old "Amateur Scientist" column (I would not be the person I am without reading that during my childhood). I was able to disprove most of the theories in those articles, but never came up with a full theory that explained all the behavior I observed.

Put a bubble in an antibubble

Wait, what happened to the milk bubbles, no conclusion?

What about unclebubbles?

My A-level physics project in 1978 was on antibubbles.

I'm reporting this video to KZfaq due to its hydrophobic content!

I guess that one would have to be verrrrrrry patient to have an anti-bubble bath.

Hi, I like your enthusiasm for physics and the fact you enjoy learning new things and sharing what you learn with us all.Physics Girl you rock!

But you never explained why the surface soapy milk beads happen!

So was the milk experiment at the beginning an anti-bubble or not? I think your answer was "almost" but I'm not sure there was a follow up.

I lol'd when you went "Whhyyyyy!" always wondered how bubbles work. I've seen those antibubbles before but never thought about them enough. now i know! thanks

Omg I've needed an explanation of the water-beads-on-water thing for literally forever; and the best I've ever been able to come up with is "something something surface tension something." This is much better; thanks so much! 😀👍

If I was publishing an encyclopedia, I would use a photo of Ashley to illustrate a “million dollar smile”. Wow! 😁 Excellent video, Dianna. 🙏❤️🌻

Regarding milk at the beginning - couldn't that just a regular example of surface tension? Pretty much same thing as water droplet on a lotus leaf. Milk is an emulsion and dish soap acts as a surfactant (deceases surface tension), which allows for unstable droplets of mainly oil in the outer layer to form. Quite easy to test as well by repeating the experiment with both skim milk and whole milk. It should be much harder to produce the droplets with skim milk If my theory is correct.

"this is my friend, Dan." *Dan looks so sad*

Anti-bubbles are bubbles that can’t even.

1:37 That face drop when Dan is called 'friend'. The friend zone is strong. Ouch.

Certainly the word "surfactant" should have been used at least once during this.

But how antibublbes explain the balls on surface of milk?

I love how Dianna's so enthusiastic about antibubbles

Thank you! I've been wondering about these for years, after I noticed them while washing dishes: tiny beads of water rolling around the sink above the film of water. Seeing them inside the bulk liquid was quite interesting! I'll definitely have to try this.

Pretty awesome... But what are the skimmers that bounce on the top??! XD

You should have Dan on more. I like that guy.

They're so cool. I always get this dorkish smirk on my face whenever I see one.

I love your enthusiasm for science. This is what makes great teachers, I'm sure you will help inspire many young people to become scientists.

Don't forget to suds-scribe

Physics Girl is very bubbly (or antibubbly). :)

This is dope, a bunch of enthusiastic popular science KZfaqrs linking to each others videos. Makes me feel good about KZfaq, getting kids into these science journeys.

One of the best science channels on YT. Love it. Keep it up.

Physics Girl, do you have any idea how much this video demonstrates how biologists hypothesize the first primitive cells came about on early Earth!!!!???? OMG! :o

omg i love this channel. physics with fun, thats the combination every student wants. 👍👍😍😍 it would be very nice if i could get more channels like this.

I made some of those weird bubbles from the beginning by accident recently. I work in a very dirty job making the pvc resin (a powder) that gets melted to make plastic. I accidentally spilled some coke on my desk and I decided to try to absorb it by putting some of the powder on it. It ended up creating these small beads of powder and liquid that rolled around on the surface. They were actually very resilient and required deliberate effort to pop them. I was even able to bury them with powder and dig them back out.

Most fascinating thing ive seen in a while..Awesome!

3:53 Hydrophobic ends in contact with water? Correct it with an annotation.

You have an intern?

just found this channel, im really liking it, it could get kids/teenagers excited about science for sure!

I Love your way of talking about science :) great work Dianna!

So you are a step closer to producing the antibubbles of abiogenesis...

Would it be wrong to say a bubble is like a magnet?

Awesome! Best anti-bubble tutorial ever. I've tried a few times before and never had any luck.

wow so nice you found the fun and enthusiasm and convey it contagiously

so what was the first type of bubble?

your intern is a solid 10/10 holy hell

have you ever seen/observed how water vapor condensate on a window? on microscale that's very cool as well

This was great, loved the animation, loved the slow motion, great job.

Smart girls are definitely more attractive. Anti-bubbles have blown my mind. That is awesome!

can anyone make an HD wallpaper with the images at 0:53 and 0:56?

I was running my CNC mill and noticed this with the flood coolant, cool to have an explanation!

Could watch you all day... Lol. Great videos!

But the milk bubbles are NOT anti-bubbles since they exist on the fluid. If you conclusion doesn't answer your intro question, you got something wrong somewhere.

What about in space????

Wonderful video (as usual)! Thank you!

Thank you for this video! I've observed the formation of these antibubbles while making coffee in my machine at home. I was always searching for what these were, but never really found an explanation, here it is!

Surprised that there have been no comments about the fact that Ashley is an absolute fox.

Has anybody ever noticed how this happens in urinals (sorry ladies)? I have wanted to make a video on this same thing for a while now!

You guys are awsome keep physicsing the world needs more people like you guys

WOW! This video is awesome. After 30 seconds of watching I immediately tried this experiment and I was mind blown. Your video was very educational and entertaining. Thanks!👍

Bubbles are as deserving of study as any other phenomena, and I for one refuse to watch your antibubble screed. Also, thanks for the beyond slow motion link.

I would love to smoke a joint with her.

Interestingly, I first noticed this phenomenon years ago but never knew how to describe it so I could find out what was going on. When I was younger I used to drink tea with milk but couldn't stand it if the tea was too hot so I used to pour a bit of milk into the tea, then stir continuously until it cooled down. While stirring, sometimes my hand would slip and the spoon would create those antibubbles skimming over the surface, but only if I'd been stirring for a while: it would never work if I'd only been stirring for a few seconds. And yes, pretty much everything physicsy that we take for granted on Earth goes topsy-turvy when you go into space. Weightlessness makes things weird, it shows us how vital gravity is to our intuitive understanding of how the world works.

Great video Dianna! -- KH

I wish my interns were that hot. But nobody else would do their job in that case.

I am a hydrosexual and I am disappointed to find out that bubbles are hydrophobic.

Why do you need an intern? and How do I apply? Love your vids.

Learn while playing, play while learning - cool! Keep it up!

So you guys got physical?

surface tension, not rocket science

i swear that this channel should have way more subscribers

i've been exposed to audible sponsored videos for maybe 2 years now, and i go and get myself a kindle. reading>listening

Ashley is really pretty

You are the whitest white girl I've ever seen. And I'm old and white.

Lovely! And props to the help! I was watching this and thinking about I might have used it to laterally springboard to the Leidenfrost effect. I know they're barely related, but I miss teaching physics. 😔

Wow, so cool! I'm glad youtube recommended this video... I subscribed!

Ashley is hot AF

Wow. With all the feminists going around, I thought there was no such thing as a girl in physics.

I think that the antibubbles might be form with nail polish, when you try watermarble (the technique of putting nail polish into water and then you form figures) and one drop doesn't stay in the water surface, it goes down and it stay there until you take that drop and elevate to the top.

Awesome footage and yay for accent nail!

Trying to be funny, you only sound awkward.

very hooked nose

Thank you for this explanation! I often get the little antibubbles on the surface of my coffee when I'm pouring in the milk and have been wondering what they are and how they form. Cheers!

Awesome phenomenon and awesome video!

I love your videos so much!!

So cool! I've never noticed antibubbles before.

I really like how enthusiastic she is. A good role model for how everybody should feel about their jobs/hobbies!

That's what they call them, antibubbles! I did my physics project on antibubbles in high school, 1970....except had no name that I could find back then. I got as far as trying to photograph them with a strobe light. They can be generated without soap of course, especially when droplets strike glass, but they're much shorter lived. If they're electrically charged, you should be able to steer them with electrical polarity. This video made me think of a thousand more experiments to try. Antibubbles.....very cool, thank you kindly!

I like how multiple youtube channels actually helped in one science experiment. I almost imagine a potential future, where science and ground breaking experiments and tests no longer have to be done in labs and university's with lots of funding. But can instead be achieved from the collaboration of multiple youtube channels, and is directly funded by the community from views.

When I first moved to Montana that winter it got to about 20 below zero F, and we blew soapy bubbles outside and they freeze instantly! Then if you touch them they shatter! It's so awesome.

she is so much more interesting then my physics teacher

You explain it best and therefore deserve a higher acalade than the others

Small kids have been using that trick to make popsicle speed boats since the '80s in my contry. Just find a relatively quiet pool of water, break off half of a popsicle, swipe the jagged end on some detergent bar and place it on top of the water. IIRC this has something to do with surface tension and the detergent breaking that up or something.

Mind=blown. This is a great channel. Really.

This is really beautiful. Thanks

I saw these antibubbles when watching my mom do the dishes as a child when the clean tap water hit the soapy dish water. It always mesmerized me. I asked my mom and my dad why it happened, and neither knew.

That is amazing! I've seen it happen with water and I've always wondered what they are! Now I can sound smart to my friends! 😃 Thanks for the informative video!

I know physics and chemistry but until today i wasn't aware of antibubbles and the fact that beauty and brain are miscible. Keep up the good work :)

Love the video and other videos , can you do a video to explain what is latent heat and heating up a meterial

I needed to know this! Thanks Physics Girl!!! :)