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...viruses (evidently close kin) that cause the two types of hepatitis have never been isolated. They defy attacks by chemicals, heat, cold and ultraviolet rays...
...Cramer had a chance of winning the "comfort" competition with a couple of in genious accessories:1) two loo-lb. bags of sand, slung on either side of the motor, from which he could release a trickle for rear-wheel traction when the going got slippery, and 2) an ultraviolet searchlight on his car's roof, which, Cramer believes, helps neutralize the glare of oncoming headlights...
Electronic Sterilizer. A portable water sterilizer that kills bacteria by means of ultraviolet lamps inside a stainless steel cylinder was put on sale by Los Angeles Aquafine Corp. The 133-lb. unit can handle 7,000 gallons an hour. Price: household model, $140; industrial model...
Nuworld got its start in 1949 when Dr. Stanley Knight, a bacteriologist at the University of Wisconsin, tried using ultraviolet light to irradiate cheese-starting materials, the bacteria cultures that are curdled in milk to give cheeses their individual flavors. Knight turned his findings over to University of Minnesota scientists, who began the job of making a new cheese. Their base was the shepherd boy's familiar mold, now called Penicillium roquejortii...
...scientists now produce new cheeses with the flick of an ultraviolet-ray machine? Cautioned the University of Wisconsin's Dr. William Hendrickson: "The chances are one in a million that you'd hit it right if you started out to create a new starting material for cheese." His conclusion: Knight, like the shepherd boy, was "darn lucky...