Word: research
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...energy into electricity); chemical (imitating the natural photosynthesis of plants). Since plants themselves store solar energy, there is also the possibility of using plants themselves for fuel-e.g., powdered cornstalks instead of powdered coal. Last year sun-minded Mr. Cabot gave Harvard $615,773 for a long-range research program to increase the rate at which plants store solar energy (TIME, June...
Last week Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where Mr. Cabot studied before he entered Harvard, announced that it had received from him a gift of $647,700 for a research program to investigate the direct methods of harnessing solar power -mechanical, electrical, chemical. Far from being floored by the prospect of such an enterprise, M. I. T.'s President Karl Taylor Compton feels that the Institute is well equipped to carry it out. Said he: "Mr. Cabot's generous gift makes it possible for the Institute to begin a great research program in which the combined efforts of scientists...
...Oxford's Nuffield Institute for Medical Research, Dr. Barclay has recently explored the uttermost crannies of the living lungs. Notable result was a complete description of "the normal escalator action" by which the lungs constantly expel dry dust that is inhaled. Dr. Barclay made his observations on the lungs of anesthetized cats, which breathe at 30 respirations a minute (almost as slowly...
...fringe of medical research are a number of doctors who sometimes make strange, wonderful and unexplained cures. One such is Dr. Burr Ferguson of Birmingham. Ala., who claims to cure practically every known disease by injections of diluted hydrochloric acid. In some cases he succeeds. He thinks his treatment works because the hydrochloric acid stimulates the production of white blood cells which destroy germs and help to heal wounds. Medical scholars pay no attention to him or his medication. On the other hand, many country doctors believe in Dr. Ferguson and use diluted hydrochloric acid (now widely sold in sterile...
...after processing it brings 20? to 25?; retailers charge 39? to 45?. Mr. Hart will sell direct to West Coast grocers, will distribute nationally through Calavo Growers of California, cooperative wholesalers with 35 outlets throughout the U. S. Meanwhile, he is interesting food research groups. At present they are trying to prove that, besides fruitcakes, citron is good in salads and fruit cups, as cocktail decorations, as after-dinner "mints...