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Nuclear scientist who was a key developer of the atom bomb, and a rabid and controversial anticommunist in the 1950s...
...finally arrived. The firm is developing tiny photovoltaic cells that can be incorporated into the fabric of roofing materials to provide power to homes and other types of buildings. Nanosys is combining the science of solar cells with the science of nanotechnology, which manipulates items as small as an atom to do everything from switching electricity to storing data to sensing the movement of a bridge that is beginning to weaken. Thanks to this, Nanosys can already embed microscopic photovoltaic crystals into plastic sheeting. One prefabricated Nanosys roof could generate enough electricity to run all the appliances in a typical...
...very foundation of how we make use of old knowledge to understand new things," says Lohman. "It may take a long time to understand how our solar system is set up, but if someone could use that information to help you understand the structure of an atom, it speeds the process up...When we learn, we have to do this again and again. Students listen to a lecture and say, 'How did that relate to what I know?'" O.K., but isn't Atkinson right that students should spend more time reading than studying word lists? Probably, though it depends...
Meanwhile a trio sang an opera about a scientist’s love affair with an oxygen atom...
...show genre; in Manhasset, N.Y. The hazel-eyed, brunet beauty had appeared in several movies before finding her calling in broadcasting. The Hi Jinx radio show, with hosts Falkenburg and McCrary, first aired in 1946 and featured guest interviews as well as reports on such weighty topics as the atom bomb and venereal disease. Its success spawned a television offshoot called At Home that also starred the two. By the 1950s, the couple's franchise included two radio shows, a TV show and a column for the New York Herald Tribune. Tex and Jinx, as they were popularly known, separated...