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...physics is chairman of the President's Scientific Advisory Committee. The Austrian-born son of a tailor, he was brought to the U.S. as an infant. In 1944 he won the Nobel Prize for discovering a new method of measuring and studying the magnetic properties of the atomic nucleus. "Some people," he says, "turn to science as a career to make a living, others because somebody they admire tremendously is a scientist. And then there are those who just can't help it-like me. I knocked around for a long time before finding my niche." Growing...
...these compounds which are so unstable that attempts to study them usually destroy them. Sir Alexander tried a new approach. Applying the subtle methods of organic chemistry, he synthesized, one by one, a wide range of delicate biochemicals, including vitamins E and B1. His research led him to the nucleus of the cell, where the all-powerful genes are stored. These mysterious chemicals, which control heredity and growth, are made of nucleic acids, and Sir Alexander worked out methods of studying their complex structure. By use of his methods, it may soon be possible to synthesize nucleic acids, perhaps even...
When the museum opened in 1947 without any abundance of capital, contributions by leading French artists of their own work formed a magnificent nucleus for this important collection of modern painting...
...more radical suggestion is to reconstruct Leverett entirely within the Grant-Cowperwaithe block. This would mean that McKinlock Hall--the present nucleus of Leverett--would be used for some other purpose, possibly graduate student housing...
...returning lettermen, headed by captain Jim Shue, give Munro a solid nucleus of experience from which to build, but the coach expects that several gaps in his starting lineup will be plugged by sophomores when the team opens against Tufts next Wednesday...