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Tricky Balance. Leakproof magnetic bottles, Physicist Teller pointed out, are not easy to construct. The magnetism must be just strong enough to confine the ionized gases at the right density and temperature, and keep them confined long enough for a reaction to take place. The reaction would release energy and raise the temperature, so the magnetic field must grow stronger when necessary to keep things in balance. Power must be drawn out of the system without disturbing its tricky balance...
...call Sigmund Freud a philosopher, in the true sense of the word, is a gross misnomer. A philosopher is one who examines the ultimate causes, principles, and reasons for man's existence. To construct a philosophy on Freudian principles would lead to a reductio ad absurdum to end all reductios...
Another of the University's most pressing problems, according to Pusey, has come about through the tremendous development of the biochemical sciences. The Mallinckrodt Laboratories can no longer hold the University's chemical research, and he estimated that $2 million would be necessary to construct adequate facilities...
...Whitney are in their work on nuclear power plants for the craft, the Defense Department is not saying. But the new contracts indicate that the troublesome weight problem-elaborate radiation protection is needed for the crews-may be whipped, or nearly so. Another sign: the Air Force plans to construct a multimilliondollar, 15,000-ft.-long runway at the National Reactor Testing Station near Idaho Falls, Idaho. Its probable use: testing of atom-powered aircraft...
...face of such unknowns, only one U.S. company-Consolidated Edison-has so far announced its willingness to construct and operate a reactor without waiting for the insurance question to be settled. The rest were waiting last week for a solution...