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Y, APRIL 14, 1941vScience Moves To Penetrate Maze Of LifeHeseureh may diacloHe wliut maintains the atom — Work at advanced stage.» ' i '(United PrfM)Berkeley, CbI , April tp Five scientists at the University vt California liute signed a report declaring their botwlctlon that science is at last on the trail ol the mystery of life as well Ah that of all other matter that exists throughout the universe The group of physicists is composed of Dr J Robert Oppent\elmer, professor of physics at the University of California, and four of his student assistants, Robert Christy and Shutehl Kusaka, teaching assistants In physics, Julian Bchwtnger, research associate. and William Rartla. researchfellow. ...................The group has centered Its work on establishing the role played In the construction and maintenance of the atom by that component part known as the mesotron.Work at Advanced Ntage.The work has reached an advanced stage that has Justified a report to scientific bodies of the United States that the mesotron is the binding” element that holds all of the other component parts of an atom together, and as such Ls the veritable key to the mystery of life and the secret of what makes an atom an Integral whole and the basis of all matter.Mesotrons, the report reveals, were discovered by Dr Carl D Anderson, of the California Institute of Technology In 1935 Dr Anderson was making cloud chamber pictures” of other atomic particles when he noticed a new high energy particle that penetrated the lead shafted chamber and knocked off other atoms This mesotron, as It ls known today, is a subatomic bullet with terrific power that Is released when cosmic rays from the outer reaches of space smash atoms on the earth's ahr-face.So great ls the energy of these mesotrons that once released by the smashing up of an atom they have been found to penetrate one-third of a mile under the surface of the earth and a mile under the sea.It U this terrific energy that ls believed to be aufflcently great to hold an atom together and constitute the binding element of atomic built matterRely on New Oylotron.The study of the mesotron, the report states, will enter a new field with the completion on the Berkeley campus of the new 5.000-ton cyclotron that Is under construction While the 225-ton cyclotron has worked to date and has been dubbed the atom smasher, It In reality only has been strong enough to knock off portions of the atom and show that at least two of its component parts are protons, which are particles with positive electrical charges, and neutrons, or particles with no charge The cyclotron, however, has not disintegrated an atom Into all Its component parts. But this the new 5,000-ton engine la expected to do When this objective has been attained. mesotrons then will be available for a complete study of their role In the mystery of life and matter But the five scientists have progressed sufficiently In their researsh to be willing to stake their scientific reputations on the statement that they are on the right track
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Brookfield Argus
Brookfield, Missouri, US
Mon, Apr 14, 1941
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