Bookmarks for 2011-12-14

NASA Builds Six-Foot Crossbow to Harpoon Comets | Wired Science | Wired.com
COMET HARPOON GUN
(tags:space tech )
More evidence found for quantum physics in photosynthesis (Wired UK)
"Physicists have found the strongest evidence yet of quantum effects fuelling photosynthesis."
(tags:sci )
Mathematica Visualization and Graphics Gallery of Jeff Bryant
"This animation shows a Calabi-Yau surface which is a projection of these higher dimensions into the more familiar dimensions we are aware of."
(tags:sci )
A Brief Introduction to the Ekpyrotic Universe
"The Ekpyrotic Model of the Universe proposes that our current universe arose from a collision of two three-dimensional worlds (branes) in a space with an extra (fourth) spatial dimension."
(tags:sci )
Minkowski space – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"hypersurface of the present" – always loved that term
(tags:sci )
Atomtronics – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The use of ultra-cold atoms leads to circuit elements that allow for the coherent flow of information and may be useful in connecting classical electronic devices and quantum computers." ATOMTRONICS!
(tags:comp tech sci )