Scientists investigate the power of tiny bubbles

Cavitation is a curious phenomenon: The bubbles it creates can maul massive metal devices, help bring medical drugs into the brain, and yield a plasma-like burst of clean energy that is potentially useful in many different applications. Now, after studying these cavitation bubbles by running high-performance molecular dynamics simulations on CSCS’s “Piz Daint”, scientists have found clues for how to control their lifetime - an essential prerequisite for utilizing them: www.cscs.ch/science/physics/s...