# 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

Also

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

Also

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

Also

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