Science Café Program

The LRSM, through the NSF-supported Penn MRSEC, continues a series of Science Cafés that began in 2011 to promote NOVA’s four part TV series on materials, ‘Making Stuff with David Pogue,’ on public television. The Science Cafés, which are science talks for laymen about materials-related topic of current interest, currently take place at 7:30 pm at the Apothecary Brewing Co. In the past it has been held at Stoney’s British Pub,  The Black Sheep Pub,  Word Cafe Live and other locations.

These programs are free and anyone who is interested is invited to attend. No purchase is necessary.

For further information contact:

Andrew R. McGhie at
215-898-6461
mcghie@lrsm.upenn.edu

Current Schedule

February 25, 2026
Apothecary Brewing Co.

2703 Philadelphia Pike, Suite A
Claymont, DE


7:30pm
Douglas Durian / The Physics of Foam Douglas Durian
University of Pennsylvania
“The Physics of Foam”
 

Everyone is familiar with a head of foam at the top of their beer glass, but do they understand the surprising properties of that foam? How can it be white and solid when it’s made mostly of gas and a little liquid, neither of which is white or solid? Douglas Durian will explain how foams change over time and some of the excitement they offer as a modern research topic in fundamental physics and mathematics.

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