The Coronavirus in a Tiny Drop

[Jeffr2]

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/01/science/coronavirus-aerosol-simulation.html

 

To better understand the coronavirus’s journey from one person to another, a team of 50 scientists has for the first time created an atomic simulation of the coronavirus nestled in a tiny airborne drop of water.

 

To create the model, the researchers needed one of the world’s biggest supercomputers to assemble 1.3 billion atoms and track all their movements down to less than a millionth of a second. This computational tour de force is offering an unprecedented glimpse at how the virus survives in the open air as it spreads to a new host.

[ExpatOilWorker]

All they have to do is build a model of a fresh market in China and press enter.

 

Dr. Marr said the simulation might eventually allow scientists to predict the threat of future pandemics. 

[Jeffr2]

4 minutes ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

All they have to do is build a model of a fresh market in China and press enter.

 

Dr. Marr said the simulation might eventually allow scientists to predict the threat of future pandemics. 

But that would be animal to human transmission.  Not human to human.

 

Understood.  I've been to many in China and they are disgusting.

[Captain Monday]

Some cannot be educated or helped. They will Just continue to reject masking walk around smugly with nose sticking out and get info from ludicrous internet sources. They think a virus floats around by itself in the air like an atom in interstellar space.

Edited December 2, 2021 by Captain Monday

[rabas]

Beautiful piece of work. Here is a short video from the lead author's twitter account:

 

https://twitter.com/i/status/1459283884164538368

 

[Jeffr2]

55 minutes ago, rabas said:

Beautiful piece of work. Here is a short video from the lead author's twitter account:

 

https://twitter.com/i/status/1459283884164538368

 

Nice!  The NY Times does some great research articles.