There are a number of open questions as to how the covid-19 coronavirus spread on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship, where passengers were quarantined since 3 February Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2234734-we-dont-know-how-covid-19-spread-on-the-diamond-princess-cruise-ship/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
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Coronavirus quarantine ends for some cruise ship passengers, sparking worries over virus spread
Nearly 500 passengers aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship were released on Wednesday. But some experts worry they may not be free of the virus. Source: https://www.livescience.com/cruise-ship-coronavirus-quarantine-ends.html
Coronavirus cruise ship nightmare: Are quarantines the right answer?
Over 3,500 people remain quarantined aboard the cruise ship Diamond Princess, which is docked off the coast of Japan, after passengers tested positive for the new coronavirus. Source: https://www.livescience.com/cruise-ship-quarantine-nightmare.html
Phonon hydrodynamics and ultrahigh-room temperature thermal conductivity in thin graphite
Different forms of carbon or allotropes including graphene and diamond are among the best conductors of heat. In a recent report on Science, Yo Machida and a research team in the department of Physics and the Laboratory of Physics and Materials in Tokyo and France monitored the evolution of thermal conductivity in thin graphite. The property evolved as a function of…
What is an eclipse season?
A solar eclipse can happen only at new moon. A lunar eclipse can happen only at full moon. Additionally – for an eclipse to occur – the new moon or full moon has to take place within an eclipse season. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/definition-what-is-an-eclipse-season…
Tiny quantum sensors watch materials transform under pressure
Since their invention more than 60 years ago, diamond anvil cells have made it possible for scientists to recreate extreme phenomena—such as the crushing pressures deep inside the Earth’s mantle—or to enable chemical reactions that can only be triggered by intense pressure, all within the confines of a laboratory apparatus that you can safely hold in the palm of your hand….
The Next Graphene? Shiny and Magnetic, a New Form of Pure Carbon Dazzles
sciencehabit quotes Science magazine: A “happy accident” has yielded a new, stable form of pure carbon made from cheap feedstocks, researchers say. Like diamond and graphene, two other guises of carbon, the material seems to have extraordinary physical properties. It is harder than stainless steel, about as conductive, and as reflective as a polished aluminum mirror. Perhaps most surprising, the substance…
What’s the birthstone for November?
Happy birthday November babies! Your birthstone, the topaz, can be blue, pale green, yellow, pink, red, purple, brown and even black. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/november-birthstone-topaz…
Tiny, One-of-a-Kind Diamond Is Trapped … Inside Another Diamond
A diamond inside another diamond was recently discovered in a mine in Russia. Source: https://www.livescience.com/double-diamond-siberia.html
Use Great Square to find Andromeda galaxy
Today’s sky chart shows you how to star-hop to the Andromeda galaxy – the large spiral galaxy next-door to our Milky Way – from the Great Square of Pegasus. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/star-hop-from-pegasus-to-the-andromeda-galaxy…