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Researchers Solved 500 Years Old Leonardo Da Vinci’s Paradox

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Professeurs Miguel Angel Herrada of the University of Seville and Jens G.

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Eggers from the University of Bristol have uncovered an explanation for the unpredictable rise of bubbles in the water.

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The research findings, published in the famous journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, can give insight into the behaviour of particles that lie between gas and solid states.

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Leonardo da Vinci observed five centuries ago that air bubbles if they grow large enough, will frequently deviate in a zigzag or spiral away from a straight line motion.

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However, no description quantitative of the phenomenon or physical mechanism that could provide a rational explanation for this repeated motion has been discovered.

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Researchers in this paper have devised a numerical discretization method that can precisely define the interface between bubbles and water, which allows them to simulate their motion and examine their stability.

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The simulations of their models closely match high-precision measurements for unsteady bubble motion. 

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They also show bubbles depart from a straight path inside the water when their radius surpasses 0.926 millimetres. 

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This is within 2% of measurements made using ultrapure water from the 90s.

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