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		Light throws a curve ball (st-andrews.ac.uk)
		11 points by alexk on Sept 30, 2008 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 3 comments

biohacker42 on Sept 30, 2008 | [–]

More on Airy beams: http://focus.aps.org/story/v20/st19

TrevorJ on Sept 30, 2008 | | [–]

This blew my mind a little bit. Actually, the fact that light can travel along a curve wasn't as exciting to me as the fact that apparently they are using light to move physical objects. (?) I can see some really great applications for that in the future.

shadytrees on Sept 30, 2008 | [–]

Light throws like a girl.

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