Applied Physics

In The Big Bang and the Birth of Culture, we talked about the beginning of culture long before what anthropologists had previously assumed. In Supersynchrony And The Evolution Of Mass Culture, we talked about how even the most primitive components of the universe had a sort of retained memory and in The Big Burp And The Evolution of Elements we got into how that retained memory and supersynchrony really kicked things into overdrive. *** In our last exciting episode we discussed how huge new atom communities, RNA and DNA, used membranes as fortifications, no-go zones, corrals within which RNA…

A highly specialised computer modelling technique developed at The University of Nottingham has been instrumental in the design of a revolutionary new swimsuit which is now being hailed as the fastest in the world. Dr Herve Morvan, a lecturer in fluid mechanics in the School of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, is working as an advisor to the AQUALAB, Speedo’s competition research and development department, responsible for the development of Speedo’s new LZR Racer swimsuit. Within a week of its launch athletes wearing the new swimsuit had broken three world records.…

FREMONT, California, February 28 /PRNewswire/ -- - Corsair HX1000W is Latest Addition to HX Series of Modular Power Supplies for Gamers and Enthusiasts Corsair(R) http://www.corsair.com, a worldwide leader in high performance computer and flash memory products, today announced the HX1000W power supply unit (PSU), the world's first 1000 watt PSU to be certified under the newly-created 3-way NVIDIA(R) SLI(R) Technology Certification Program from NVIDIA Corporation. The Corsair HX1000W will be debuted at the CeBIT 2008 show next week in Hanover, Germany on Corsair's stand (Booth 40, Hall 21).…

LONDON, February 28 /PRNewswire/ -- DITA Learning and Training Sub-Committee Chair John Hunt, IBM and member, Matthew Ellison, Ellison Consulting to present at Europe's Largest XML and Component CMS (CCMS) Conference - June 22-24 London, UK "Every year X-Pubs has had DITA committee members on our speaker panel, but this year we're choosing to highlight the Learning and Training community more than ever before," said Noz Urbina, XML Consultant and member of the topic-review board for X-Pubs. "Having both John and Matthew is major benefit to the conference as they will provide their rich…

The number of scientists is increasing along with the number of scientific journals and published papers, the latter two thanks in large part to the rise of electronic publishing. Scientists and other researchers are finding it more difficult than ever to zero in on the published literature that is most valuable to them. A team of researchers from Northwestern University say they have developed a mathematical method to rank scientific journals according to quality. The team analyzed the citation data of nearly 23 million papers that appeared in 2,267 journals representing 200 academic fields…

ARNHEM, The Netherlands, February 27 /PRNewswire/ -- - Audio Webcast Conference Call Scheduled for Monday March 3, 2008 9:00 AM EDT 8:00 AM CDT 7:00 AM MDT 6:00 AM PDT 3:00 PM CET ARCADIS (Euronext: ARCAD) intends to release its full year 2007 results on Monday, March 3, 2008. In conjunction with this release, ARCADIS will conduct an audio webcast of the analyst meeting/conference call. Harrie Noy, Chief Executive Officer, Ben van der Klift, Chief Financial Officer and Joost Slooten, Director Investor Relations, will provide more insight into the FY 2007 results and will provide an…

Hydrogen gas fueled vehicles could dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and lessen the country’s dependence on sources of fossil fuel - but production and storage are obstacles. With current technologies, hydrogen gas storage tanks have to be as large as or larger than the trunk of a car to carry enough gas to travel even 100-200 miles. Liquid hydrogen is denser and takes up less space but it is very expensive and difficult to produce. Its production It also reduces the environmental benefits of hydrogen vehicles. Widespread commercial acceptance of hydrogen vehicles will require…

COVENTRY, England, February 26 /PRNewswire/ -- FARO Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: FARO) the world leader in portable computer-aided measurement hardware and software, announced the launch of its new family of 3D Laser Scanners called Photon 80 and Photon 20. The new Photons, which replace the company's Laser Scanner LS 880, 840 and 420, offer greater clarity, accuracy and portability. "The Photon is FARO's sixth new product release in seven months," FARO President and CEO Jay Freeland said. "It represents not only our commitment to this product line and the diverse markets it benefits, but…

PRAGUE, Czech Republic, February 26 /PRNewswire/ -- - JetBrains and Headway Software Cooperate to Offer a New Exciting Product for Code Structure Analysis and Architecture Control, Compatible With IntelliJ IDEA (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070118/JBLOGO ) JetBrains, creators of intelligent, productivity-enhancing applications, today announced the addition of an innovative code structure analysis product, Structure101, to the IntelliJ IDEA Companion Products Program. Structure101, which is developed by Headway Software and provides tight integration with IntelliJ IDEA, is…

MIT biologists have provoked soil-dwelling bacteria into producing a new type of antibiotic by pitting them against another strain of bacteria in a battle for survival. The antibiotic holds promise for treatment of Helicobacter pylori, which causes stomach ulcers in humans. Also, figuring out the still murky explanation for how the new antibiotic was produced could help scientists develop strategies for finding other new antibiotics. A combination of luck, patience and good detective work contributed to the discovery of the new antibiotic, according to Philip Lessard, research scientist in…