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...from Chicago's Michael Reese Hospital, headed by Dr. Albert Milzer. complained that they had followed Dr. Salk's published directions faithfully, and the formaldehyde had failed to kill all the virus. On the other hand, said Dr. Milzer, they had no trouble killing the virus with ultraviolet light, and then had made an effective vaccine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: D-Day Against Polio | 11/23/1953 | See Source »

...Caddy (Paramount) is about the best that can be expected these days from Comics Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, a couple of wonderfully silly geese. They are at their funniest in the chummy atmosphere of a nightclub, where Dean can spread on his ultraviolet charm, and where Jerry's back teeth are as near to a customer's hand as the sugar lumps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Sep. 28, 1953 | 9/28/1953 | See Source »

Covering nearly 4,000 sq. ft. of wall, the murals are the product of an unusual artistic technique. First, blown-up pictures were projected on the walls. Then, after brushing in a white undercoat, artists painted with fluorescent pigments under black (ultraviolet) light...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: UNIVERSE INDOORS | 3/23/1953 | See Source »

...Mintz collected records of Jupiter's spottedness and made charts to show its variation over the years. Then he did the same for variations in the sun's flocculi. The two curves matched strikingly. After nearly every burst of ultraviolet from the sun, Jupiter broke out in spots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: A Planet's Spots | 2/16/1953 | See Source »

...quite sure why ultraviolet light has these effects. Since Jupiter's atmosphere is not like the earth's, its spots may be formed in a somewhat different way. Dr. Mintz suspects that Jupiter's white spots may be clouds of ammonia crystals floating high, like the cirrus clouds in the earth's atmosphere. Its dark spots may be places where the Jovian atmosphere is unusually clear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: A Planet's Spots | 2/16/1953 | See Source »

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