Applied Physics

SEATTLE, September 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Christian Aid, the largest grant giving organization in the UK, has awarded leading interactive marketing and technology consultancy, Ascentium Corporation, with a contract to manage its business process re-engineering project. Using Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0, MOSS 2007 and Office 2003, Ascentium will create "The Promise Solution," an innovative new program that will enable Christian Aid to compete for funding and demonstrate returns on donations, rather than merely save cost. One of the largest projects underway in the not-for-profit sector, The…

The next major advance in computer processors will be the move from today's two-dimensional chips to three-dimensional circuits, and the first three-dimensional synchronization circuitry is now running at 1.4 gigahertz at the University of Rochester. Unlike past attempts at 3-D chips, the Rochester chip is not simply a number of regular processors stacked on top of one another. It was designed and built specifically to optimize all key processing functions vertically, through multiple layers of processors, the same way ordinary chips optimize functions horizontally. The design means tasks…

Black holes have been a research concentration for a number of years now. Advanced telescopes like Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Swift Gamma Ray Burst Telescope make it easier to observe the effects of black holes on their local neighborhood. Black holes have intrigued me for a number of years now as the physics involved can help us understand behavior of singularities and behavior of matter in extreme situations. Also, study of black holes may expose the source of the large amount of energy given out by quasars. The particular point that I find interesting is the detection of these…

Fort Miami wasn't a fort at all, according to discoveries made this summer by members of the University of Cincinnati's Ohio Valley Archaeology Field School project, who spent weeks working at the site in Hamilton County's Shawnee Lookout park. What they found actually offers great insight into the cultural priorities of the Shawnee – the human labor that went into building the earthworks were done for agricultural purposes, not military. The earthworks were not a fort, but a water management system of dams and canals built to counter the impact of long-term drought. It is also much larger…

To build a hospital, nuclear power station or a large dam you need to know the possible earthquake risks of the terrain. Now, researchers from the Universities of Granada and Jaen, alongside scientists from the University of California (Santa Barbara, USA), have developed, based on relief data from the southern edge of the Sierra Nevada, a geomorphological index that analyses land form in relation to active tectonics, applicable to any mountain chain on the planet. Active tectonics comprise the most up-to-date deformation processes that affect the Earth's crust, resulting in earthquakes or…

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands and MILFORD, Connecticut, September 11 /PRNewswire/ -- - Transmission and Reception of DVI Video and Peripheral Signals Up To 40 Kilometers with Unsurpassed Quality IBC Conference and Exhibition, Hall and Stand Number 12P.A29 -- Thinklogical, the leading designer and manufacturer of fiber optic connectivity and switching solutions, today unveiled the new VelocityKVM, a single-mode fiber optic KVM extension system. The VelocityKVM product line harnesses advanced single-mode fiber optic technology to transmit and receive DVI video and peripheral signals up to 40…

AUSTIN, Texas, September 10 /PRNewswire/ -- - Michael Dumigan Named Managing Director of New Operation HC&B Healthcare Communications, one of the nation's top 25 independent healthcare marketing firms, has opened an office in London, deepening its commitment to providing integrated global resources to a growing base of international clients. The new office will be headed by industry veteran Michael Dumigan, who joins the agency as managing director. "Many clients today have worldwide operations and require partners who can operate effectively on an international scale," said Kerry Hilton…

Welsh miners’ sons in physics Reading an article Death threat to scientists over Big Bang test, I learn that one of the leading figures behind the experiment is Lyn Evans, the son of a miner, whose fascination with science started as a boy, when he would create small explosions with his chemistry set at his council house in Aberdare, South Wales. Some years ago I attended a talk given by Sir John Meurig Thomas, FRS, himself a miner’s son from South Wales. He told us of the following incident which contributed significantly to Britain’s radar advantage in the Second World War. Here is a…

READING, England, September 10 /PRNewswire/ -- - Company Transitions to IP Telephony With Verizon Business Solutions The Cavotec MSL Group, a global leader in power supply solutions, has entrusted its global communications infrastructure to Verizon Business, as Cavotec MSL transitions to an IP-based communications environment. A fully managed Verizon Private IP solution will provide secure, high-speed connectivity for Cavotec MSL's operations around the world, and will also serve as the foundation for the company's migration to IP-enabled communications. Verizon Managed IP PBX from the…

Yes, I am putting my money where my brain is. The LHC is big news ... for about 24 more hours. Heck, watching The Today Show this morning, even Matt Lauer said he was going to Google Dr. Otto Rössler - and it sure means something when they can get my kid to ask if a black hole is really going to consume the Earth on my birthday and why she should have to do her homework if Strangelets are the only things that will see it anyway. I can't argue with that. I am not sure why I even bothered to write this blog. Except ... except ... I am just not convinced that Europeans have screwed the pooch…