Surface tension driven flow. Dish detergent dropped on food coloring in milk reduces local surface tension, which pulls the dye to the edges.

Surface tension driven flow. Dish detergent dropped on food coloring in milk reduces local surface tension, which pulls the dye to the edges.

By Nikita Novik for Spring 2013 Get Wet.
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