Links for 2022-05-16
Researchers have used algae to power a computer continuously for a year. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-61443073
When and Why Did Human Brains Decrease in Size? A New Change-Point Analysis and Insights From Brain Evolution in Ants https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.742639/full
UK initiative aims to make space-based solar a reality by 2035 https://www.warpnews.org/green-tech/uk-initiative-aims-to-make-solar-space-a-reality-by-2035/
NaturalSpeech: End-to-End Text to Speech Synthesis with Human-Level Quality https://arxiv.org/pdf/2205.04421.pdf
Bats mimic hymenopteran insect sounds to deter predators https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)00486-9
Amortized Tree Generation for Bottom-up Synthesis Planning and Synthesizable Molecular Design https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.06389
China ‘Deeply Alarmed’ By SpaceX’s Starlink Capabilities That Is Helping US Military Achieve Total Space Dominance https://eurasiantimes.com/china-deeply-alarmed-by-spacexs-starlink-capabilities-usa/
The Overlooked Reason Russia’s Invasion Is Floundering: “Ukrainians have developed a coherent concept of air operations, one that has allowed them to block what looked like an easy path to Russian air dominance.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/05/russian-military-air-force-failure-ukraine/629803/
“The team loaded silica nanobots with experimental antibiotics—including one derived from wasp venom—to treat infected wounds on mice. The nanobots, which were dropped onto one end of an infected wound, traveled through the skin to treat the entire area—the first report of nanobots killing bacteria in animals.” [Wired] https://archive.ph/LV942