Category: Uncategorized

QUANTUM COMPUTING. "Now, researchers from the University of Bristol in the UK and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) in Japan, have pulled off the same feat for light in the quantum world by developing an optical chip that can process photons in an infinite number of ways." https://lnkd.in/eBy3eTp View in LinkedIn

REVOLUTIONARY TECHNOLOGY. "The microprocessor inside a computer is a single multipurpose chip has revolutionised people’s life..." https://lnkd.in/eBy3eTp View in LinkedIn

MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH. "The technology behind quantum teleportation is about to take a major leap forward: English and Japanese scientists have successfully condensed the massive apparatus needed to teleport a single piece of quantum data by shrinking its core circuit to a penny-sized microchip, a crucial first step toward integrating an ultra-high-speed quantum computer onto a photonic chip." (2015) https://lnkd.in/eeE6Y5Q View in LinkedIn

TELEPORTATION. "You can teleport a single atom from one place to another." Useful primarily to build quantum computers. But far away from Star Trek. https://lnkd.in/e9KSxrM View in LinkedIn

SPIT SIGNAL. "Herbivore-induced volatiles are attractors of natural predators of the attacking herbivores. The emission of these volatiles is increased by oral secretion products from herbivores." https://lnkd.in/eSPYN6W View in LinkedIn

PREDATOR TRIGGERS. "Thus far, two oral secretion products from chewing insects have been identified that augment the release of plant volatiles. A β-glucosidase present in the regurgitant of Pieris brassicae caterpillars triggers the same emissions of volatiles in cabbage plants as induced by feeding caterpillars." https://lnkd.in/etUrY6F View in LinkedIn

FINE PRINT. "Recent work suggests that volatile emissions and other plant defense responses are potentiated by a component or components associated with the feeding herbivore that allows the plant to differentiate between general wounding and damage due to chewing insects." https://lnkd.in/etUrY6F View in LinkedIn

COMMON LANGUAGE. "The structural uniformity in the chemical emissions from different plants with insect feeding suggests the activation of a common set of biosynthetic pathways shared by a wide range of plant families, and that the products are detectable to a broad spectrum of insect parasitoids and predators." https://lnkd.in/etUrY6F View in LinkedIn

THIRD TROPHIC LEVEL. "These phytodistress signals, which result in an active interaction between herbivore-damaged plants and a third trophic level, have been described for several agro-ecosystems. Examples include lima bean and apple plants, which produce volatiles that attract predatory mites when damaged by spider mites." https://lnkd.in/etUrY6F View in LinkedIn

ATTRACTING THE CAVALRY. "In addition to the bouquet of compounds that render leaves attractive or disagreeable to herbivores, volatile terpenoids and other compounds emitted from leaves in response to insect damage allow insect parasitoids (such as parasitic wasps) and predators to distinguish between infested and noninfested plants, and thus aid in locating hosts or prey." https://lnkd.in/etUrY6F View in LinkedIn