ACCORDING to the standard story, which is unfortunately still found in many physics textbooks, quantum theory emerged when it was realized that classical physics predicts an energy distribution for black-body radiation that disagrees violently with that found experimentally. In the late 1890s, so the story continues, the German physicist Wilhelm Wien developed an expression that corresponded re...

This article presents The Glass Room (2009), a novel by the British author Simon Mawer set in Brno, Czech Republic, as unique literary portrayal of historical period and Modernist architecture fiction. Shortlisted for Man Booker Prize, marked turning point its author’s career, inspiring both theatrical film adaptations, and, perhaps more importantly, it sparked resurgence interest model, famous...

As the revolutionary change in electric power industry begins with the latest communication infrastructure, it is on the verge of a revolutionary transformation to develop a smart grid to meet the requirements of our digital society. Wide Area Power System is made up of plentiful automated transmission and distribution systems with strong communication infrastructure, all operating in a coordin...

The Virtual Airspace Simulation Technology RealTime (VAST-RT) project at NASA Ames Research Center has implemented a new airspace modeling and simulation capability that provides a gate-to-gate, realtime, human-in-the-loop simulation environment to evaluate revolutionary Air Traffic Management (ATM) concepts. The system architecture of the VAST-RT connects high-fidelity flight simulators and ai...