Polarization singularities: Progress, fundamental physics, and prospects

Cp and B Physics : Progress and Prospects

contains, in addition to what is implied in the title, some extended remarks on the limitations of theory as well as speculations regarding nonperturbative enhancement of decay modes of the class b → s+ charmless hadrons. It is a privilege for me, but something of a disadvantage otherwise, that I give this summary. I have not been active in B-physics for some time. The last time I did review th...

Physics Today Pilgrims' progress in search of the fundamental constants

Computation and Fundamental Physics

No matter how you slice it, computers have changed our lives. When we say this, what immediately comes to mind is the way in which ubiquitous computer technology has transformed our communicating, working, playing, and (witness online dating sites) even our loving.Another interpretation of “how computers have changed our lives” is the possibility that computation itself is essential to even def...

Lipase fermentation: Progress and prospects

Lipases are the most versatile industrial enzymes and are known to bring about a range of bioconversion reactions. This compendium throws light on the developments in the field of fermentation of lipases and their scale up. Recently, interests have been shown on solid-state fermentation of lipases in order to facilitate the use of low cost agricultural wastes as substrates. Whole cell immobiliz...

Pulsars: Progress, Problems and Prospects

Pulsars are the quintessential dogs that don’t bark in the night their observed loss of rotational energy mostly disappears into the surrounding world while leaving few traces of that energy loss in observable photon emission. They are the prime example of compact objects which clearly lose their energy through a large scale Poynting flux. I survey recent successes in the application of relativ...