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...Stare noted the considerable amount of time and planning involved in conducting dietry studies under the supervision of the Nutrition Committee. Food must be weighed as it is served, waste must be measured, and the nutrient content of each item must be computed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Grad Students Starving? | 1/8/1962 | See Source »

Geologists know that the Bad Nauheim brine gets its salt from the thick Kali and Zechstein deposits 40 miles away, so Dombrowski next looked for bacteria in the salt itself. Guarding carefully against contamination by modern bacteria, he dissolved samples of Zechstein salt in sterilized nutrient broth. After a few days, he examined the broth, found it to be teeming with lively bacteria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Life in Time & Space | 12/1/1961 | See Source »

Every spring the elephantine body of the Mutual Security Program trundles exhaustedly to a stop, and trembling waits for a reluctant Congress to feed it intravenously. The meagre nutrient is introduced, the bulky apparatus of foreign assistance climbs back on its weary legs to waddle inefficiently through another year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Arcadia | 3/23/1961 | See Source »

...Arthur D. Talbott. While conducting market research on milk use, Talbott discovered that 25% of evaporated milk was bought to feed animals, realized that there was a rich market for a special pet milk. It is cheaper than regular canned milk and better for an animal's nutrient needs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW PRODUCTS: Prometheus Unbound | 9/19/1960 | See Source »

...pumped out of the vial, the frozen water departs as vapor, leaving a dry residue that looks like an aspirin tablet and contains perhaps 1,000,000 deeply sleeping germs. Some germs will live for 20 years in this state, and can be awakened by adding nutrient. Thus encouraged, they multiply-and then can be put back to sleep again for another 20 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Microbe Zoo | 7/25/1960 | See Source »

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