Serendipity in physics research.
This paper relates several serendipitous discoveries in physics in the 19th and 20th centuries. They are all experimental in nature and the places range from reputable universities to modern research laboratories. The discoverers could be working in solo or in group. The subject discovered ranges from the finest nucleus...

Heat transfer investigation of intake port engine based on steady-state and transient simulation.
INTRODUCTION Engine modeling is a very large subject, in part because of the range of engine configurations possible and the variety of alternative analytical techniques or sub-models, which can be applied in overall engine models (8). Engine modeling is a fruitful research area and as a result...

Research and Markets Adds Report: Snapshots Germany Discount Retailing 2008.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-16 October 2008-Research and Markets Adds Report: Snapshots Germany Discount Retailing 2008(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Snapshots Germany Discount Retailing 2008" report to its offerings. In a release, Research and Markets noted that...

Aerospace & Defense News - Defense Europe.
Oct 13, 2008 Germany's Ministry of Defence is to select a contractor for its medium altitude long endurance (MALE) unmanned air vehicle in December with the winning manufacturer being awarded an initial $95 million contract. The two final contenders are the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Heron-TP and...

Gorbachev honored with Liberty Medal.
Mikhail Gorbachev, former General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, was welcomed to Philadelphia as the conquering hero on September 18 to receive America's Liberty Medal. Former President George H.W. Bush presented the medal to Gorbachev at a star-studded ceremony at the National Constitution Center on...

Ernest L. Johnson.
LANCASTER - Ernest "Sonny" L. Johnson, 79, of 59 Otis St., died Saturday, Oct. 11, at UMass Memorial Healthcare, Lake Avenue, Worcester, after an illness. He leaves his wife of 57 years, Nancy E. (Carl) Johnson; two daughters, Charlene A. McNamara and her husband, Owen, of Fitchburg...

Research and Markets Adds Report: Europe Food & Beverage Sectors.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-14 October 2008-Research and Markets Adds Report: Europe Food & Beverage Sectors(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Europe Food & Beverage Sectors: A Company and Industry Analysis (August 2008)" report to its offerings. In...

Destination News - Hotel, Resort & Spa Europe.
Oct 13, 2008 James[sup.1]s Hotel James[sup.1]s Hotel and Club re-opened in September after an extensive 18-month renovation and restoration. The 60-room hotel in the heart of London[sup.1]s Mayfair district will be operated by the Althoff Hotel Collection. The hotel appointed Tim Pettifer, formerly at Cliveden,...

The Nobel Prize backstories.
Byline: Thoru Pederson COLUMN: AS I SEE IT Most everyone has heard of the Nobel Prizes and people admire pioneers in science and medicine, but greater interest lies, understandably, in the payoffs of these discoveries. Last week the world learned that, in the category of...

Town honors its 1936 Olympian; Alice Bridges moved up from alternate, took backstroke bronze.
Byline: Bonnie Adams UXBRIDGE - Seventy-two years ago, a 20-year-old Uxbridge swimmer, Alice Bridges, won a bronze medal against significant odds in the 100-meter backstroke at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Now, thanks to the efforts of several legislators - state Sen. Richard T. Moore, D-Uxbridge, Rep. Jennifer...