# acad aibot: the real success (also) in scientific research: the automatic search for deviations ...

<< Imagine that you have a lot of data, but you do not really know what you are looking for. So what do you do? In that case you use a computer that automatically searches for deviations. >>

Search engine for new breakthroughs in physics. Radboud University.  Feb 19, 2019

https://m.phys.org/news/2019-02-breakthroughs-physics.html

M. Aaboud, G. Aad, et al. A strategy for a general search for new phenomena using data-derived signal regions and its application within the ATLAS experiment. The European Physical Journal C (2019). doi: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-6540-y

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140%2Fepjc%2Fs10052-019-6540-y

# gst: apropos chaotic cooperation

<< Ecological theory has demonstrated that when direct, pairwise interactions among a group of species are too numerous, or too strong, then the coexistence of these species will be unstable to any slight perturbation. >>

Stacey Butler & James P. O’Dwyer.
Stability criteria for complex microbial communities. Nature Communications Volume 9, Article number: 2970 (2018)

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-05308-z

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/293605v2

<< Pairs of organisms that live off each other sometimes do so well in the mathematical simulations - thriving exponentially in extreme cases, in what Robert May, the theoretical ecology pioneer, once called "an orgy of mutual benefaction" — that everything else can go extinct. >>

AA << explored more precisely how the give-and-take in mutualism affects ecosystem stability and how, under the right conditions, it might contribute to it.  >>

Veronique Greenwood. How Nature Defies Math in Keeping Ecosystems Stable. Sep 26, 2018.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-nature-defies-math-in-keeping-ecosystems-stable-20180926/

https://twitter.com/QuantaMagazine/status/1099390696455323651

# soc: a study about income: more than 63% of American children live in "asset" poverty

<< More than 63 percent of American children and 55 percent of Americans live in "asset" poverty, meaning they have few or no assets to rely on in the event of a financial shock such as a job loss, a medical crisis or the recent federal government shutdown, >>

Michelle Klampe. Nearly two-thirds of American children live in asset poverty, new study shows. Oregon State University.  Feb 21, 2019.

https://m.phys.org/news/2019-02-two-thirds-american-children-asset-poverty.html

David W. Rothwell,  Timothy Ottusch, Jennifer K. Finders. Asset poverty among children: A cross-national study of poverty risk. Children and Youth Services Review. Volume 96, January 2019, Pages 409-19. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.11.045. Nov 23, 2018.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190740918305759?via%3Dihub

# soc: a study about cities: the "smart city" phenomenon

AA selected 27 smart cities - from a full list of over 5550 worldwide cities with 100K inhabitants or more - for in-depth analysis, based on 346 documents, and characterised in terms of their 'smart city' dimensions.

https://3c1703fe8d.site.internapcdn.net/newman/csz/news/800/2019/topsmartciti.jpg

Top smart cities are global cities, new research reveals. University of Glasgow.  Feb 20, 2019.

https://m.phys.org/news/2019-02-smart-cities-global-reveals.html

Simon Joss, Frans Sengers, et al. The Smart City as Global Discourse: Storylines and Critical Junctures across 27 Cities. Journal of Urban Technology, 26:1, 3-34, doi: 10.1080/10630732.2018.1558387. Feb 13, 2019.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10630732.2018.1558387

# gst: how a change can make catastrophic systems linger for longer

<< Many parts of Australia have suffered a run of severe and, in some cases, unprecedented weather events this summer. One common feature of many of these events (..) was that they were caused by weather systems that parked themselves in one place for days or weeks on end. >>

Steve Turton. How climate change can make catastrophic weather systems linger for longer. Feb 18, 2019

https://theconversation.com/how-climate-change-can-make-catastrophic-weather-systems-linger-for-longer-111832  

https://phys.org/news/2019-02-climate-catastrophic-weather-linger-longer.html

# zoo: the rehabilitation of insects: not all of them are pests

<< Insects are important wildlife often overlooked in urban habitats. What we do notice are the cockroaches, ants and mosquitoes in and around our homes. All too often we reach for the insect spray. >>

Lizzy Lowe, Cameron Webb, Manu Saunders, Tanya Latty. The battle against bugs: it’s time to end chemical warfare. Feb 17, 2019

https://theconversation.com/the-battle-against-bugs-its-time-to-end-chemical-warfare-111629

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https://flashontrack.blogspot.com/search?q=beetle

https://flashontrack.blogspot.com/search?q=cockroaches

https://flashontrack.blogspot.com/search?q=bug

# qubit: an energy control approach to build quantum computers: quickly jump two rungs at a time without spilling any water from the glass

<< Dr. Sergey Danilin, (..) describes quantum control-the process of using chips like transmons to build quantum computers-by extending the "climbing a ladder" analogy. "To get a useful quantum system, you need to imagine climbing a ladder while holding a glass of water-it works if one does it smoothly, but if you do it too fast, the water spills. Certainly, this requires a special skill."  (..)  in the quantum world, the trick for climbing the ladder quickly without spilling any water is by carefully jumping two rungs at a time. >>

Life on the edge in the quantum world. Aalto University. Feb 8, 2019

https://m.phys.org/news/2019-02-life-edge-quantum-world.html

Antti Vepsalainen, Sergey Danilin,  Gheorghe Sorin Paraoanu. Superadiabatic population transfer in a three-level superconducting circuit. Science Advances  Feb 8, 2019:
Vol. 5, no. 2, eaau5999
doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aau5999

http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/2/eaau5999

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https://flashontrack.blogspot.com/search?q=%23+qubit

# phyto: the fussy pollination scheme of the Joshua tree

<<  the plants commonly known as Joshua trees include two distinct, sister-species of plant: Yucca brevifolia Engelm. and Yucca jaegeriana McKelvey, each pollinated by two sister-species of yucca moth Tegeticula synthetica Riley and Tegeticula antithetica Pellmyr, respectively. A number of studies have argued that the moths have coevolved with their hosts, producing a pattern of phenotype matching between moth ovipositor length and floral style length. >>

W.S. Cole, Jr. A.S. James, C.I. Smith. First recorded observations of pollination and oviposition behavior in Tegeticula antithetica (Lepidoptera: Prodoxidae) suggest a functional basis for coevolution with Joshua tree (Yucca) hosts. Annals of the Entomological Society of America.  Vol.  110, July 2017, p. 390. doi: 10.1093/aesa/sax037.

https://academic.oup.com/aesa/article/110/4/390/3072239

<< To me [the flowers] smell kind of like mushrooms or ripe cantaloupe, >> Christopher Irwin Smith

Susan Milius. Shutdown aside, Joshua trees live an odd life. In the U.S. southwest, Joshua trees evolved a rare, fussy pollination scheme. Feb 6, 2019.

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/shutdown-aside-joshua-trees-live-odd-life

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https://flashontrack.blogspot.com/search?q=%23+phyto

# acad: la caotica visione di Cedric, matematico.

<< il bello viene adesso (..) Uniremo élite e popolo >>  Cedric Villani.

# n-soc: prospettiche meta- geometriche meta- fusioni, by Cedric. 19 Maggio 2017

https://flashontrack.blogspot.com/2017/05/n-soc-prospettiche-meta-geometriche.html

<< Pour leur acte 13, les "gilets jaunes" ont de nouveau prévu plusieurs rassemblements dans le pays.
Selon un sondage YouGov diffusé jeudi, près de deux Français sur trois (64 %) continuent de "soutenir" le mouvement des "gilets jaunes", soit deux points de plus en un mois, et 77 % (+3) jugent leur mobilisation justifiée. >>

"Gilets jaunes" Acte 13. Des cortèges à Lyon, Nice, Marseille, La Roche-sur-Yon... Un blessé grave et 10 interpellations à Paris... 09/02/2019  19H15

https://www.20minutes.fr/societe/2447059-20190209-gilets-jaunes-acte-13-direct-suivez-acte-13-mobilisation-direct

# gst: (you must) read the noise as a message

<< Noise is often thought to be a nuisance with negative consequences, (..)  But through this study we show that noise can actually be used as a salient informational cue. It can provide individuals with important information about their environment and when it's safe to hunt. >> Inga Geipel

When does noise become a message?  Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Feb 6, 2019.

https://m.phys.org/news/2019-02-noise-message.html

<< Background noise can have strong negative consequences for animals, reducing individual fitness by masking communication signals, impeding prey detection and increasing predation risk. While the negative impacts of noise across taxa have been well documented, the use of noise as an informational cue, providing animals with reliable information on environmental conditions, has been less well studied. >>

Inga Geipel, Marcus J. Smeekes, et al. Noise as an informational cue for decision-making: the sound of rain delays bat emergence. Journal of Experimental Biology 2019 222: jeb192005 doi: 10.1242/jeb.192005 Feb 1, 2019.

http://jeb.biologists.org/content/222/3/jeb192005

Also

"noise" | "rumore"

https://inkpi.blogspot.com/search?q=noise

https://inkpi.blogspot.com/search?q=rumore

# sec: oops! 5G, a European dilemma (the 1st one of a series): the quiet spread of Huawei

<< China's Huawei has quietly become a leading supplier of the backbone equipment for mobile networks, particularly in developing markets thanks to cheaper prices. >>

<< Each year it invests between 10 and 15 percent of its sales revenue on research and development. It spent $13.8 billion on R&D  (Research and development) in 2017 and $15 billion last year. >>

<< It's a dilemma for European telecoms firms: Should they steal a march on competitors and rapidly roll out next-generation 5G mobile networks using equipment from top supplier Huawei? Or should they heed US-led warnings of security threats and sit tight, and possibly fall behind? >>

<< Huawei strenuously denies its equipment could be used for espionage. >>

<< Deutsche Telekom, in an internal document obtained by Bloomberg, warned that Europe could fall behind China and the United States by as much as two years if it forgoes using Huawei's 5G equipment. >>

Erwan Lucas. European telecoms' dilemma: Huawei or the highway? Feb 3, 2019.

https://phys.org/news/2019-02-european-telecoms-dilemma-huawei-highway.html  

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https://flashontrack.blogspot.com/search?q=%23+sec

# ai.bot: organizations can help keep workers productive and happy with AI "superminds", by Thomas.

<< Malone (Thomas Malone is a professor of management at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, founder and director of the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence) predicts that AI, robotics, and automation will destroy many jobs-including those of high-skilled knowledge workers-while at the same time creating new ones. By investing in the right kinds of AI, he says, organizations can help keep workers productive and happy-and make sure our “superminds” are actually smarter than our regular minds. >>

How AI is changing knowledge work: MIT’s Thomas Malone. With help from the right AI algorithms, organizations can evolve into "superminds" that are smarter than their individual members. Jan 24, 2019.

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612815/how-ai-is-changing-knowledge-work-mits-thomas-malone/

https://twitter.com/techreview/status/1089340036498239489

Also

1740 - Codice di macchina IA (moveri machina coepit). Dec 19, 2004.

http://inkpi.blogspot.com/2004/12/1740-codice-di-macchina-ia-moveri.html

https://flashontrack.blogspot.com/search?q=ai.bot