Cheers! Scientists take big step towards making the perfect head of beer

Drinkers will soon be cheering all the way to the bar thanks to a team of scientists who have taken a big step forward in solving the puzzle of how to make the perfect head of beer.

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Tau.Neutrino said:

Cheers! Scientists take big step towards making the perfect head of beer

Drinkers will soon be cheering all the way to the bar thanks to a team of scientists who have taken a big step forward in solving the puzzle of how to make the perfect head of beer.

more…

> he fired beams of neutrons at the liquids used to make foams.

I won’t claim that he is testing my idea of setting off an atomic bomb (massive neutron source) inside a foamy beer-like liquid as a way of absorbing energy and dampening the shock wave.

> In one potential application, beers drinkers might be able to enjoy a pint where the head lasts all the way to the bottom of the pint glass.

Hey, wait, it is testing my idea.

> It was only through our use of neutrons at a world-leading facility that it was possible to make this advance because only this measurement technique could tell us how the different additives arrange themselves at the liquid surface to provide foam film stability.

Nice.