Soap bubbles can predict path of typhoons

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A new study conducted at the Univesity of Bordeaux found that the flow of surface liquid around a soap bubble membrane acts in the same way as huge weather systems which form over the earth, reports The Telegraph. "This study therefore provides a simple model that could help meteorologists to better predict the strength of tropical cyclones in the future," said the report authors.

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