Word: electronized
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...theory of neutrinos predicts that when one hits a 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...
...comes out. Here it is: Take the circumference of the earth in inches. This comes from 3,963.4 x 6.2832 x 5280 x 12 [i.e., radius of earth multiplied by 2π, converted to inches]. Express this as 1.571 x 10^9. Let v equal the electron velocity and c the velocity of light. Then...
Among the other University building plans for the summer are the alternation of the new Prescott St. dorms; renovation in the Gray Herbarium to provide space for the Harvard University Press and Observatory offices; and the building of the numerous structures which will house the new electron accelerator. The latter project may not begin until the fall...
...Stanford University has begun treating selected cancer patients with its six-million-volt "cancer gun," a linear electron accelerator that scientists hope will destroy cancer growths deep inside the body with high-energy X rays. Dr. Henry S. Kaplan, head of Stanford's Radiology Department, estimates it will take five to ten years to evaluate the benefits of the accelerator. Purpose of the device is to reach and treat deep-growing cancers with less damage than is caused by X rays...
...Cambridge Electron Accelerator will not be as powerful as the proton synchrotron (25 billion to 30 billion electron volts) that is being built at Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York, but the electrons that emerge from it will be the fastest particles created by man. Since electrons are much lighter than protons (the mass of one proton equals 1,837 electrons), they must speed much faster than protons to pack the same punch...