High Temperature Superconductivity and Effective Gravity

We argue that an approach involving effective gravity could play a crucial role in elucidating the properties of the high temperature superconducting materials. In particular we propose that the high critical temperature might be naturally explained in a framework constructed as a direct condensed matter analog of the Randall-Sundrum approach to a geometrization of the hierarchy problem in high-energy physics.Comment: 11 page

Turbulence and Holography

We examine the interplay between recent advances in quantum gravity and the problem of turbulence. In particular, we argue that in the gravitational context the phenomenon of turbulence is intimately related to the properties of spacetime foam. In this framework we discuss the relation of turbulence and holography and the interpretation of the Kolmogorov scaling in the quantum gravitational setting.Comment: 19 pages, LaTeX; version 2: reference adde