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- On Oreology, the fracture and flow of “milk's favorite cookie” https://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/5.0085362 9 comments
- Supersonic CO2 flow during champagne cork popping https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0089774 25 comments
- Fast modeling of turbulent transport in fusion plasmas (2020) https://aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/1.5134126 4 comments
- Temperature likely has no effect on the transmission of Covid-19 https://aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/10.0003485 23 comments
- Controllable blood–brain barrier (BBB) regulation based on gigahertz acoustic streaming https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/10.0014861 3 comments science
- Computer simulation of the early stages of self-assembly and thermal decomposition of ZIF-8 https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/5.0128656 2 comments science
- Progress toward fusion energy breakeven and gain as measured against the Lawson criterion https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0083990 3 comments science
- Microfluidic mixing in straight microchannel achieved. https://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/5.0090921 5 comments science
- MIT engineers created a series of tests to figure out why the cream in Oreo cookies sticks to just one of the two wafers when they are twisted apart. They found that no matter the amount of stuffing or flavor, the cream always sticks to just one of the cookie wafers. https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0085362 4 comments science
- High-resolution large-eddy simulation of indoor turbulence and its effect on airborne transmission of respiratory pathogens — Model validation and infection probability analysis https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0076495 4 comments science
- Researchers find that areas above washbasins in washrooms, behind doors, corners and around furniture can be a potential source of Covid-19 transmission. This is significant as an increasing number of public places, including restaurants, theatres, malls, schools, and colleges, are being opened up. https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0064337 28 comments science
- Optimal strategies for a cost-effective and reliable 100% renewable electric grid https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0064570?af=R&feed=most-recent 8 comments futurology
- Optimal strategies for a cost-effective and reliable 100% renewable electric grid https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0064570?af=R&feed=most-recent 3 comments science
- Laboratory experiments reveal more about comet formation, composition, and activity https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0057030 2 comments science
- A Physicist Quantified The Amount of Information in The Entire Observable Universe https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0064475 10 comments science
- Estimation of the information contained in the visible matter of the universe -- Scientists determined that each particle in the observable universe contains 1.509 bits of information bringing the total amount of of information stored in the observable universe to ∼6 × 10^80 bits. https://aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/5.0064475 12 comments science
- Experimental investigation of indoor aerosol dispersion and accumulation in the context of COVID-19: Effects of masks and ventilation https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0057100 48 comments science
- Experimental investigation of indoor aerosol dispersion and accumulation in the context of COVID-19: Effects of masks and ventilation https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/5.0057100 11 comments science
- Experimental investigation of indoor aerosol dispersion and accumulation in the context of COVID-19: Effects of masks and ventilation https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0057100?amp%3B= 7 comments science
- A new study in Physics of Fluids suggests that tree pollen can carry SARS-CoV-2 particles further and facilitate the spread of the virus https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0055845 23 comments science
- More than 65% of inhaled coronavirus particles reach the deepest region of our lungs where damage to cells can lead to low blood oxygen levels, new research has discovered, and more of these aerosols reach the right lung than the left. https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0053351 28 comments science
- Interrupting vaccination policies can greatly spread SARS-CoV-2 and enhance mortality from COVID-19 disease: A new risk–benefit analysis clearly show that excess deaths due to the interruption of the AstraZeneca vaccine campaign largely overrun those due to thrombosis even in worst case scenarios. https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0050887 5 comments science
- Aggregation rate of amyloid beta peptide is controlled by beta-content in monomeric state https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.5096379 5 comments science
- Why food sticks to nonstick frying pans https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0035547 5 comments science
- Temperature likely has no effect on the transmission of COVID-19: Using COVID-19 viral mimicking particles, researchers determine temperature does not impact the spike protein structure or interaction with lung cells. https://aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/10.0003485 3 comments science
- Virus transmission from urinals - the trajectory of the particles triggered by the urinal flushing can reach 0.84 m (man’s thigh) in 5.5 s when compared with the diffusion performance of the toilet-induced one (around 0.93 m in 35 s). Wearing masks should be made mandatory in public washrooms. https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0021450 7 comments science
- The information catastrophe https://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/5.0019941 16 comments science
- Loosely folded face masks and bandana-style coverings provide minimal stopping-capability for the smallest aerosolized respiratory droplets, but well-fitted homemade masks with multiple layers of quilting fabric, and off-the-shelf cone style masks, proved to be the most effective, finds new study. https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0016018 32 comments science
- Strong correlations between power-law growth of COVID-19 in 4 continents & the inefficiency of soft quarantine strategies -- the social, economic & geographical features of a particular area affect the exponent to which the infection spreads rather than affecting traits of the infection itself. https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0009454 4 comments science
- Testable theory suggests information has mass and could account for universe’s dark matter https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.5126530 103 comments science
- Scientists created fully functional blood vessel from smooth muscle cells from a human aorta & endothelial cells from an umbilical vein, with a dual-layer architecture that outperforms existing engineered tissue and brings 3-D-printed blood vessels several fundamental steps closer to clinical use. https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.5099306 31 comments science
- A group of researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Kyushu University has developed a way to remove ice and frost from surfaces extremely efficiently, using less than 1% of the energy and less than 0.01% of the time needed for traditional defrosting methods. https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.5113845 6 comments science
- Scientists have demonstrated for the first time that it is possible to generate a measurable amount of electricity in a diode directly from the coldness of the universe. The infrared semiconductor faces the sky and uses the temperature difference between Earth and space to produce the electricity https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.5089783 490 comments science
- Scientists create a remarkably accurate "force field" model of the water molecule (H2O) for use in advanced computer simulations of chemical reactions https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.5042658 4 comments science
- What is the discrepancy in indigo HOMO/LUMO gap? https://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.5024126?class=pdf 3 comments askscience
- World record magnetic field 50 million times stronger than the earth's made https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.5044557 5 comments science
- A group of scientists at the University of Tokyo has recorded the largest magnetic field ever generated indoors—a whopping 1,200 tesla, as measured in the standard units of magnetic field strength. https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.5044557 11 comments science
- Physicists have succeeded in cooling a nanoelectronic chip to a temperature lower than 3 millikelvin. These extremely low temperatures offer the ideal conditions for quantum experiments and allow entirely new physical phenomena to be examined. http://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.5002565 19 comments science
- Synthesis of complex organic molecules in simulated methane rich astrophysical ices http://aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/1.5003898 5 comments science
- Scientists confirmed the possibility of charging smart phones and smart watches by utilizing the mechanical energy generated by human motion using a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG). http://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.4979955 640 comments science