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Oct 30, 2020

Contact Tracing during Coronavirus Disease Outbreak, South Korea, 2020

Abstract We analyzed reports for 59,073 contacts of 5,706 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) index patients reported in South Korea during January 20–March 27, 2020. Of 10,592 household contacts, 11.8% had COVID-19. Of 48,481 nonhousehold contacts, 1.9% had COVID-19. Use of personal protective measures and social distancing reduces the likelihood of transmission. Effective contact tracing

Oct 7, 2020

China’s polar-observing satellite obtains over 2,500 images

BEIJING, Sept. Xinhua — China s first polar-observing satellite, BNU-, has obtained , images covering the Arctic and Antarctic regions after orbiting Earth for a full year, its owner, Beijing Normal University BNU, said on Saturday. At the press conference held in Beijing, the BNU released a series of remote sensing data of

Oct 2, 2020

How 5G will change the world

Envision attending a concert of tens of thousands of people, yet you are guaranteed excellent cell phone service for video streaming, calling and using internet apps like social media. That world will be here soon, all thanks to 5G. That is the fifth generation of wireless technology that is used to support cellular

Oct 1, 2020

NASA satellite finds a wedge-shaped Tropical Storm Paulette

Wind shear was affecting both Tropical Storm Paulette and Rene in the Atlantic Ocean on Sept. . Infrared imagery from NASA s Aqua satellite showed that strong southwesterly wind shear pushed against Paulette creating a wedge-shaped storm. Tropical cyclones that appear less than round are likely being affected by wind shear or outside

Sep 25, 2020

TikTok Agreement authorises application to work in US

The Chinese application, TikTok, for short videos, and the American company, Oracle, have reached a preliminary agreement according to which the company will be its technical provider in the United States and Walmart, the trading partner, prior to the enforcement of a federal ban on the Chinese company that owns the application. Oracle

Sep 17, 2020

Rocket Lab secretly launched its own satellite designed to go to the Moon

Rocket Lab recently made a successful return to flight and launched a client satellite from its Electron Rocket, but that’s not all that happened on the mission. The company also secretly launched its own satellite, called Photon, that could one day fly ambitious deep space missions. Photon is based on Rocket Lab’s “Kick

Sep 14, 2020

‘World’s loneliest elephant’ allowed to leave zoo for better life

An elephant who has become a cause célèbre for animal rights activists around the world will be allowed to leave his Pakistani zoo and be transferred to better conditions, the animal welfare group helping with the case has said. Dubbed the “world’s loneliest elephant” by his supporters, Kaavan has languished at a zoo