Quantifying Quantumness: A Mathematical Project of “Immense Beauty”
Investigators develop a method to determine how quantum the state of a system is. Large objects, such as baseballs, vehicles, and planets, behave in accordance…
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In a Pandemic, Migration Away From Dense Cities Is More Effective Than Closing Borders
A simulation shows reducing population density in large cities decreases disease spread. Pandemics are fueled, in part, by dense populations in large cities where networks…
Seeking the Most Effective Virus-Resistant Polymers for Personal Protective Equipment
Some polymers can resist bacteria; can they be designed to work against viruses? Personal protective equipment, like face masks and gowns, is generally made of…
Using Carbon Filler to Improve High-Energy Lithium-Ion Batteries
Conductive carbon fillers in lithium-ion batteries allow high power output with reversible energy storage. Lithium-ion batteries are the major rechargeable power source for many portable…
Breakthrough in Stopping the Spread of COVID-19: Plasma Treatments Quickly Kill Coronavirus on Surfaces
Using cold atmospheric plasma promises a breakthrough in stopping the spread of COVID-19. Researchers from UCLA believe using plasma could promise a significant breakthrough in…
COVID-19 Transmission: Tracking Flight Trajectory of Evaporating Cough Droplets
Dispersion of large, medium, small airborne cough droplets in various outdoor conditions. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has led many researchers to study airborne droplet transmission…
Contagion Transmission Model: Estimating Risk of Airborne COVID-19 With Mask Usage, Social Distancing
The Contagion Airborne Transmission inequality model illustrates correlation between physical distancing and protection, the efficacy of face masks and the impact of physical activity on…
Aerosol Microdroplets Not Very Effective at Spreading the COVID-19 Virus
Modeling shows SARS-CoV2 isn’t spread very well by the small droplets that linger longest. Aerosol microdroplets, the tiny particles that linger in the air longest…
The Latest Science on How to Keep COVID-19 Out of School Classrooms
Open windows, use glass screens in front of desks; Aerosol spread of virus in classrooms with air conditioning poses issues for students, teachers. As the…
Scientists Compare How COVID-19 Cough Clouds Travel With and Without Face Masks
As the coronavirus has affected more than 30 million people globally, researchers have increasingly focused on the extent to which airborne respiratory droplets carrying the…
Evaporation Critical to Coronavirus Transmission As Weather Changes: Effects of Humidity, Temperature, and Wind on COVID-19
Impact of evaporation on virus survival, concentration, transmission. As COVID-19 cases continue to rise worldwide, it is increasingly urgent to understand how climate impacts the…
Energy Harvesting Goes Organic: Self-Assembled Peptides for Electricity Generation
Self-assembled peptides, when aligned, show great promise for electricity generation. Nanogenerators capable of converting mechanical energy into electricity are typically made from metal oxides and…
Comparing the Flow Fields of Coughs With Various COVID-19 Face Masks/Coverings
Months into the COVID-19 pandemic, wearing a mask while out in public has become the recommended practice. However, many still question the effectiveness of this….
COVID-19 Impacts Some Organs, But Not Others – Here’s Why
COVID-19 proliferates through a receptor present in most of the human body; but if the receptor is so pervasive, why does the virus seem to…
The Information Catastrophe: Digital Content on Track to Equal Half Earth’s Mass by 2245
If verified, the mass-energy-information equivalence principle will show that information is a physical, dominant, fifth state of matter, and digital bits will outnumber atoms on…
COVID-19 Warning: Flushing Public Restroom Toilets Can Spew Clouds of Particles Carrying Viruses
Using a public restroom? Mask up! Think you don’t need to worry about COVID-19 while using a public restroom? A group of researchers from Yangzhou…
COVID-19 Warning: Humid Air Can Extend Lifetime of Virus-Laden Aerosol Droplets
Scientists report a detailed model of aerosol transport through air, considering several environmental conditions, such as temperature, humidity and ambient flow. The novel coronavirus that…
The Problem With Microwaving Tea: Why Microwaving Liquids Is Different From Other Heating Techniques
Tea drinkers have been saying it for years. Water heated in a microwave just isn’t the same. Typically, when a liquid is being warmed, the…
