«Bursting the bubble: Solution to the Kirchhoff - Plateau problem: Researchers solve a mathematical problem illustrated by soap films spanning flexible loops.» (sciencedaily.com)
In 2015, Prof. Jenny Harrison of UC Berkley and Harrison Pugh of Stony Brook University extended the solution to the Plateau problem to account for more complicated soap film shapes such as this one. (sciencedaily.com)
More recently, in 2014, Professor Jenny Harrison from UC Berkeley extended Douglas's work, providing a proof valid under general hypotheses encompassing, for example, situations in which junctions are present where multiple soap films meet each other. (sciencedaily.com)