It appears that the press release issued by Longwood concerning the grant I was recently awarded was picked up by the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Farmville A Longwood University physics professor and two colleagues from Virginia Commonwealth University recently received a National Science Foundation grant for a research project that could help improve technology for high-density optical discs [...]
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The battle between Sony and Toshiba is still raging. Last year during the International Consumer Electronics Show Sony unveiled Blu-Ray, while Toshiba launched HD DVD. Both formats are fighting to become the next generation of DVD technology, with the loser becoming this decade’s BetaMax. If you are old enough to remember, Sony’s BetaMax flopped hard [...]
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