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...study of the physics of the atmosphere has declined in the past few years, Goody said last Monday. He attributed his success in raising funds for his research project to a desire on the part of many scientists to see this currently-neglected field revived...
...Last spring we were fairly certain of deciding on the Kirkland Street location," White said, "but this fall the location on Massachusetts Avenue was suggested." He pointed out that, with construction already announced, the University is "committed" to its building project in the Square, while a wholly new building on the Kirkland site might meet complications if the Program for Harvard College falls short...
Goody has also received $20,000 from the Research Corporation of New York and hopes to obtain National Science Foundation funds as well to further his project...
When the rocket-launched atom bombs of Project Argus were exploded last year 300 miles above the South Atlantic (TIME, March 30), most of the ionized particles the explosions created were picked up by the earth's magnetic field and lofted in arching curves around the earth in a man-made imitation of the Van Allen radiation belts. This effect was expected and was duly observed by U.S. scientists. But a team of the Army's Fort Monmouth men, led by Dr. Hans A. Bomke, was quietly watching for subtler effects. To pick up the faint traces they...
FIRST TELEPHONE CABLES between continental U.S. and Puerto Rico are being laid under 1,250 miles of ocean, in joint project by American Telephone & Telegraph Co. and International Telephone & Telegraph Co., at cost of $17 million. Deepest cable in the world (five miles) will be ready for use in February 1960, replace current radio circuits and allow direct dialing for most calls...