Word: meselson
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...Meselson has studied and writted extensively on chemical and biological weapons, the use of biological toxins in Afghanistan and Southeast Asia, and has led efforts to establish international agreements limiting biological warfare...
Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences Mathew S. Meselson has won international renown for his groundbreaking work in molecular biology and his expertise in biological warfare issues. Most famous is Maselson's pioneering work which has advanced the manipulation of DNA for genetic engineering...
February 8--Another snowstorm, maroon this time, somewhat forestalls the inevitable wave of criticism. Cambridge Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci pays a visit to Bok to express the city's concern over possible nuclear or chemical research causing the rainbow snows. Bok promises to investigate and appoints Matthew Meselson, professor of Chemistry, famous for coming up with a reason for "Yellow rain," to look into the matter...
February 24--Green snow falls. Meselson promises that if he can't find a way to half the phenomenon, he will direct his efforts toward coordinating it better with the appropriate occasions. "If this were St. Patrick's Day, no one would be worried--you'd think it was cute," he says...
March 10--Meselson, after weeks of poring over snow samples, declares that the source of the coloration is not a Harvard chem lab at all but The Corn Popper on Mt. Auburn St., whose "secret process" for flavoring popcorn strawberry, cinnamon and blueberry involves releasing puffs of food coloring, cinnamon and blueberry involves releasing puffs of food coloring into the atmosphere. In developing a new line, "We got a little out of control, I guess," apologizes the store owner...