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...virus of poliomyelitis, one of the smallest disease-causing organisms, is less than a millionth of an inch long. Trying to follow this minute invader as it attacks the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord has long been a baffling problem for polio researchers. Last week two Yalemen, Drs. Joseph L. Melnick and John B. LeRoy, told how they had used the electron microscope to study this microcosmic warfare-with surprising results...
Lucky. At Pimlico, Md., after losing approximately $1,000 a year for 20 years betting on the ponies, Fred C. Brogan finally came home a winner: as the track's 12 millionth customer, he got an inscribed "Good Luck" horseshoe...
...Illinois betatron, the electrons circle a nine-foot, doughnut-shaped tube 140,000 times in four one-thousandths of a second, reach a speed only one-millionth part less than the speed of light. In accordance with Einstein's laws of relativity, the speed increases their mass 600 times. (The last few m.p.h. come hardest. Theoretically, if they reached the speed of light, their mass would be infinite-which is impossible...
...plush opera house, onetime Child Prodigy Yehudi Menuhin, 33, observed the 25th anniversary of his debut as a violinist with a program of sonatas by Tartini, Bach and Beethoven. Of the concert he said: "I just go on pounding away; you could say I've passed the millionth note...
...scientists use the magnetic properties of atomic nuclei. When certain materials (e.g., lithium fluoride) are placed in a strong magnetic field, the nuclei of their atoms also line up. When the magnetism is removed, the lithium fluoride gets colder. This method promises to yield a temperature only one-millionth of a degree above absolute zero...