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...proton (an infrequent event), a positron (positive electron) is emitted, and the proton turns into a neutron. Both new particles are unstable. The positron hits an electron, and both are "annihilated," turning into gamma rays. The neutron is absorbed by almost any kind of matter, and if a little cadmium is around, the neutrons captured by it give another burst of energy...
...Eyes. The Reines and Cowan apparatus for detecting neutrinos contains more than 1,000 gallons of liquids (water and hydrocarbons) that are rich in protons. The water contains dissolved cadmium to capture neutrons, and the hydrocarbons give scintillations of light when gamma rays pass through them. The scintillations are recorded by 330 photomultiplier tubes that watch the scintillating liquid like large, unblinking eyes...
...Reines and Cowan built the world's biggest and most complex scintillation counter. They filled a 28-in. cylinder with toluene, a scintillating liquid that contains lots of protons. In the toluene, they dissolved a small amount of a cadmium compound. Then they surrounded the cylinder with 90 photomultiplier tubes hooked up to respond to pairs of flashes caused by positrons and neutrons...
...small, long-lasting nickel-cadmium storage battery, guaranteed to last five years, now being made for the armed services by Sono-tone Corp., will soon go on general sale for autos, trucks, etc. Cost: quintuple present prices...
...subject of the film is the annual Commemoration Run, from London to Brighton, of the British Veteran Car Club. The heroine is an alizarin-crimson 1904 Darracq named Genevieve, the hero an anonymous cadmium-yellow 1904 Spyker. The Darracq is the proud possession of a young man of moderate means (John Gregson). His wife (Dinah Sheridan) just goes along grimly for the ride. The Spyker belongs to a friend named Ambrose (Kenneth More), a frisky youth whose ambition it is "to combine the pleasures of the London-Brighton run with a really beautiful emotional experience...