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...Lipp's cadre of engineers, scientists, economists and retired generals that advised Lockheed to buy Grand Central Rocket Co. and sent it into research that paid off recently in a Government contract. On the suggestion of Planning Chief O. G. Kennedy, Miles Laboratories tripled the capacity of its citric acid plant, merged three chemical divisions into one and opened two plants in Europe. Kennedy received one of the planner's ultimate rewards: he has been made president of the Miles products division. Though the field is new, several other planners have already reached the top, including Westinghouse President...
...shown that the unit responsible for the transport of citric acid--essential for the combustion of fuels in all cells--across a cell membrane, can be altered by repression as well as by mutation. This discovery offers a powerful tool for approaching one of the least-understood aspects of cellular physiology--the remarkable capacity of cell membranes to select only certain substances for passage in and out of the cell...
...promising solution makes use of ion exchange resins, bits of plasticlike material with metallic atoms built into their molecules. This material can be made to release certain elements in exchange for others. So when milk that has been slightly acidified with citric acid passes through the resin, it loses most of its strontium and picks up a little extra sodium or calcium. A process using this principle was developed by scientists of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, captures 98% of the strontium, but it costs nearly 10? per quart-more than most dairy farmers get for their milk...
Chemical companies often call for molds or bacteria to make such things as citric acid for soft drinks. Airplane manufac turers order fungi to test the mildew proofing of their airplanes. Three strains of mutated Staphylococcus aureus, a con tribution from Russia, are used for screen ing anti-cancer drugs...
...Valentin Korn, 43, for years a producer of unexceptional wines from a small hillside plot, but a vintner with a bright idea of how to make every year a vintage year. Hiring a chemist, he concocted a mixture of two parts grape juice, eight parts water, plus dashes of citric acid, tartaric acid, potash and glycerin. In two years Korn made between 1,500,000 and 4,000,000 quarts. Germans sipped it with satisfaction, noted nothing unusual; neither did the government controllers, who checked it periodically for bouquet and chemical content...