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The spectacular Water Cube which will host the swim meets at the Beijing Olympics had its inspiration in the Weaire-Phelan structure - work around foam bubbles engineered by two physicists at Trinity College in Dublin.
A few years ago, scientists were confounded but confirmed that bubbles in Guinness do actually move downwards. The irish sure know their foam - and how to grow shamrocks in them...
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