We analyze a class of hot EOS which have been proposed recently within the improved pQCD framework, and show how their predictions can be checked in heavy ion collisions.

Study of B meson decays to hadronic final states without a charm quarkprobes the dynamics of both weak and strong interactions, and thereforeplays a key role in understanding the charge-parity (CP) violation andlow meson spectroscopy. In this talk, I shall discuss recent results oncharmless hadronic B decays, studied using data collected with the BABARdetector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+e- collider at the StanfordLinear Accelerator Center. Future prospects for this exciting branch offlavour physics at the proposed Super B Factory will also be discussed.