New Gadgets Highlight World’s Longest Burn Lamp and More
The feature lists several new devices: a neon glow lamp claimed as the world’s longest burning, consuming a twenty fifth of a watt. liquid stainless steel flakes in a washable liquid plastic for surface coating. a teapot shaped watering can with a long spout. an ultraportable miniature microphone for visible and audible performance. a wet-shave electric razor with side to side motion and air pockets inside. an inflatable neck and chest life preserver. indoor fish cleaning tools including a gripper and hooded scaler. a pocket roof designer tool with two dials for pitches 14 to 57 degrees. Send three cents for Gadget Bulletin 463.
Chloromycetin First Synthetic Mold Derived Medicine
First practical synthetic mold derived antibiotic chloromycetin treats typhus Rocky Mountain spotted fever undulant fever and typhoid. Originated from Streptomyces venezuelae soil mold in Venezuela and now produced synthetically to lower cost and increase availability.
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No-Heat Spot Draws Science Interest Across Fields
A survey of absolute zero, the nearly minus 460 Fahrenheit limit, explains why scientists study near zero temperatures. It covers superconductivity, liquid helium, cryogenic labs, and devices like cryostats and liquefiers, plus potential uses in electronics and rocket propulsion.
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Naval Research Laboratory
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Ohio State
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Mystery of Poisoned Goldfish Solved at Zoo
Water in the Bronx Zoo pool was poisoned by copper dissolved from brass pipes. A science service note explains the brass pipes reacted with water to form a toxic compound harming the goldfish. Zoo officials moved the fish to solve the problem.
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Bronx Zoo
New York
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Nature Ramblings 4 Prank Jhone Children
In spring woods children freely pick violets enjoying simple beauties while elders restrain them from gathering other flowers. Violets thrive as perennials, returning each year from the same root mass, making it hard to pull them up fully.
Violet flowers employ hidden self pollination and many species
The article explains perennials like violets live longer than annuals and use two seed production methods. Most seeds come from a second set of tiny bud like flowers that stay closed and self pollinate. Botanists term these cleistogamous flowers. Violets spread widely with vegetative growth and show high species diversity with at least 300 kinds.
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What You Don’t Say May Reveal Hidden Attitudes
Dr. Temple Burling of Cornell University notes that interview subjects may conceal attitudes, requiring listeners to detect unspoken cues such as facial expressions gestures pauses and topic shifts. He urges caution to avoid overreading latent content and emphasizes not missing meanings not spoken.
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Temple Burling
Cornell University
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Fur Seals Flourish on Pribilof Islands Under Protection
Fur seal herds on the Pribilof Islands show a dramatic rise from 132000 in 1910 to an estimated 3380000 under government protection. The increase reflects successful conservation measures and growing population recovering after restrictions.
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Alaskan
Pribilof Islands
You Can Do It Aluminum or Flashlight Cleans Silver
A discarded flashlight can be converted into a device for cleaning silver or an aluminum plate may be used. The process is an electrical plating action leaving a satin finish. used silverware sinks in wash solution and rests on aluminum to complete the circuit.
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Hot Wall Paper Aims to Shield Workers at Oak Ridge
Dr. A Carleton Jealous of Oak Ridge National Laboratory explains that removable plastic wallpaper protects workers handling radioactive materials. Three coats of Prufcoat paint are applied with a Cocoon rubbery film sprayed over. When walls heat up, layers are stripped and replaced as a safety test.
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A. Carleton Jealous
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Oak Ridge
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