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November 17, 2006

Internet Sites of the Week

All-optical switching in the near infrared with bacteriorhodopsin-coated microcavities
Juraj Topolancik and Frank Vollmer of Rowland’s Biofunctional Photonics Group recently published a paper in APL.
http://scitation.aip.org.ezp1.harvard.edu/journals/
doc/APPLAB-ft/vol_89/iss_18/184103_1.html
(Source: Frank Vollmer)

Brilliant Minds Forecast the Next 50 Years
A collection from New Scientist.
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/opinion/science-forecasts/dn10580
(Source: Boing Boing)

Scholarpedia
A free internet encyclopedia that looks like Wikipedia, except articles are written by scholars and signed and peer-reviewed.
http://www.scholarpedia.org/
(Source: j's scratchpad)

Transportation Security Administration
What you can carry on a plane.
http://www.tsa.gov/travelers
(Source: beSpacific)

10 Best Extenstions for Firefox 2
http://news.com.com/2300-1032_3-6135076-1.html?tag=ne.gall.pg
(Source: Library Stuff)

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