tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post7650394866798781532..comments2024-03-28T04:15:44.459-05:00Comments on nanoscale views: Exponentials, extrapolation, and prudenceDouglas Natelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340091255404229559noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-76177825383273934452020-03-19T22:12:41.291-05:002020-03-19T22:12:41.291-05:00https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/history/how...https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/history/how-isaac-newton-made-social-distancing-work-for-him<br />I Newton did his semianl by social distancing. It is possible when no admin is there and faculty micromanagers around, there may be a I Newton in the making. Good luck with intuition. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-6659596338276585992020-03-17T10:57:23.479-05:002020-03-17T10:57:23.479-05:00Thanks all. As you might imagine, I'm a littl...Thanks all. As you might imagine, I'm a little busy right now, but I appreciate the constructive comments as a conduit of information.Douglas Natelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340091255404229559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-39503923176741426022020-03-17T08:17:40.011-05:002020-03-17T08:17:40.011-05:00At Cornell, lab work has been totally shut down. E...At Cornell, lab work has been totally shut down. Exceptions are granted to those needing to maintain cell cultures, live animals, volatile and expensive reagents, and cryogenic systems but even then only one person can go into lab at a time. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-20446103340349743302020-03-17T06:25:31.835-05:002020-03-17T06:25:31.835-05:00Multiple US universities are shutting down all res...Multiple US universities are shutting down all research labs. As with the suspension of classes/switch to online teaching, the transition from this being a vague idea to your university implementing is likely to happen very fast. If you operate or work in an experimental lab, it would be prudent to spend time *today* making plans for safely shutting down your lab and not being able to be there for an extended period. Having a few days to plan for this can make a big difference, so start now.Prof. Shollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478272124748674635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-46065780977041812812020-03-16T17:07:59.331-05:002020-03-16T17:07:59.331-05:00All the research labs here have been shut, effecti...All the research labs here have been shut, effective more or less immediately. I'd be surprised if that doesn't happen at Rice too. Be ready for that.DanMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-28739659439808335862020-03-13T10:28:31.290-05:002020-03-13T10:28:31.290-05:00thm, right now the guidance is that grad research ...thm, right now the guidance is that grad research is ok to continue provided it's the usual small numbers of people, though everyone is being pushed hard to use common sense. As I've told our faculty and students: If you don't feel well, please stay home, and be understanding that that's what everyone is doing. Work remotely if that's possible for you. Be smart. The issue is less the direct risk to the students (in that the vast majority of them are in low risk categories) and more the concern about slowing any spread.Douglas Natelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340091255404229559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-34660838190472267192020-03-13T09:44:56.955-05:002020-03-13T09:44:56.955-05:00What's going on with graduate students, especi...What's going on with graduate students, especially those who are working in labs? Can't really take a UHV chamber home. I suppose experiments are much better at running themselves nowadays even compared to when I was in grad school.thmhttp://www.metcaffeination.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-30874606261550799162020-03-13T07:01:16.838-05:002020-03-13T07:01:16.838-05:00This article makes the same case:
https://medium.c...This article makes the same case:<br />https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca<br />with the additional insight that the official statistics vastly underestimate the<br />number of people that truly have the coronavirus.<br /><br />E.g. in Wuhan (60 million people region Hubei) when the number of official cases hit<br />400, the actual number was 2500 and it was exponentially (~40% per day) increasing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com