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Is Arctic Zero Healthy? Here’s What You Should Know

November 24, 2021

https://spoonuniversity.com/lifestyle/is-arctic-zero-healthy

There Is Finally a Visible Way Out of the COVID Pandemic

November 24, 2021

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/11/there-is-finally-a-visible-way-out-of-the-covid-pandemic.html

Machine-learning-assisted modeling: Physics Today: Vol 74, No 7

November 23, 2021

QT : {{”
One of the most successful applications of machine learning to scientific modeling is in MD. Researchers study the properties of materials and molecules by using classical Newtonian dynamics to track the nuclei in a system. One critical issue in MD is how to model the PES that describes the interaction between the nuclei. Traditionally, modelers have dealt with the problem in several ways. One approach, ab initio MD, was developed in 1985 by Roberto Car and Michele
Parrinello7 and computes the interatomic forces on the fly using models based on first principles, such as density functional theory.8 Although the approach accurately describes the system under
consideration, it‘s computationally expensive: The maximum system size that one can handle is limited to thousands of atoms. Another approach uses empirical formulas to model a PES. The method is efficient, but guessing the right formula that can model the PES accurately enough is a difficult task, particularly for complicated systems, such as multicomponent alloys. In 2007 Jörg Behler and Parrinello introduced the idea of using neural networks to model the PES.9 In that new paradigm, a quantum mechanics model generates data that are used to train a neural-network-based PES model.

7. R. Car, M. Parrinello, Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 2471 (1985).
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.55.2471

9. J. Behler, M. Parrinello, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 146401 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.146401
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https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/PT.3.4793

mentions Parrinelllo classic paper :
#8 has QM & NN (NN models for PES)

Your first line of defence – ScienceDirect

November 21, 2021

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0262407921005704

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24933280-200-amplifying-our-ancient-immune-system-could-help-fight-future-pandemics/

Found the cartoon description of the immune system quite illuminating. Always wondered how neutrophils fit in!

BinaxNOW COVID-19 Antigen Self-Test | Abbott Point of Care Testing

November 20, 2021

https://www.globalpointofcare.abbott/en/product-details/binaxnow-covid-19-antigen-self-test-us.html
Good for finding test availability

Using Information Architecture With Distributed Teams – Dropbox

November 19, 2021

https://experience.dropbox.com/resources/information-architecture-for-distributed-work

A novel technique can discover new allergens | The Economist

November 17, 2021

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/a-novel-technique-can-discover-new-allergens/21805516

Ranked by science: The best (and worst) foods you can eat. / Twitter

November 17, 2021

https://twitter.com/i/events/1460593454866653190

The battle against airborne COVID has shifted. Why your mask is the last layer of defence | The Star

November 16, 2021

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/11/16/the-battle-against-airborne-covid-has-shifted-why-your-mask-is-the-last-layer-of-defence.html

interesting article on NFT

November 16, 2021

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/04/nfts-werent-supposed-end-like/618488/