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James Clerk Maxwell

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A propagating electromagnetic wave  

Transmission of energy through a vacuum or using no medium is accomplished by electromagnetic waves, caused by the osscilation of electric and magnetic fields. They move at a constant speed of 3x10⁸ m/s. Often, they are called electromagnetic radiation, light, or photons.

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THE PHYSICS OF SPIRALS?

Perhaps someone with more experience in math & physics can give some insight about this:

I’ve subscribed to a weekly newsletter from { Kurzweil AI } (Many of you might find it interesting; it covers futurism, technology, science, etc.) Recently, there were two consecutive articles about spiral shapes that I found curious:

{Pasta-shaped radio waves beamed across Venice }

A group of Italian and Swedish researchers may have solved the problem of radio congestion by cleverly twisting radio waves into the shape of fusilli pasta, allowing a potentially infinite number of channels to be broadcast and received.

& { Scientists twist light to send data at more than 2 terabits per second }

A multinational team led by USC with researchers in the U.S., China, Pakistan, and Israel has developed a system of transmitting data using twisted beams of light at ultra-high speeds — up to 2.56 terabits per second.

Broadband cable supports up to about 30 megabits per second. The twisted-light system transmits about 85,000 times more data per second.

Is there something inherent to spiral shapes that allows them to hold more “information”? (I’m using the word info. in a general way, like if we think of the universe as a system of variously configured “bits” of info.) Is the relationship — in terms of information — between these technologies and natural constructs like DNA and galaxies more than an aesthetic correlation? If it’s true that spirals “hold more”, why is this?

P.S.
I’ve also asked this question at { Udacity }, if any of you are enrolled in Intro to Physics. I’ll re-post answers here if anyone answers there, and vice versa.

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Kunturwasi ruins (Pre Inca - Peru)