New Gadgets Include Temperature Control Ovens and Sailboats
A parade of new devices covers electronic oven temperature control within 0.1 degree Fahrenheit, a bed foot warmer delivering 105 degree warmth, fiberglass sailboats with 45 square foot sails, flexible cement for automotive and industrial use, a compact 14 piece harmonica, a VHF transmitter unit for lightplane radios, a waste heat boiler for diesel exhaust, and a Bibette baby neck cover. Readers can request Gadget Bulletin 382 from Science Service in Washington, D. C.
Don’t Stop Killing Pest Campaign Through Seasons
The notice urges continuous use of DDT to control flies beyond warm weather. It warns that surviving insects lay eggs and will rebound in autumn and winter if action ceases. Emphasizes keeping loaded and handy equipment. states a dead fly is harmless.
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High School Science Clubs Drive Nation’s Future
The Science Clubs of America program mobilizes 14,000 plus clubs in US high schools with FBI fingerprinting, handwriting, and spectrographic study, plus weather, traffic safety, cork oak planting, and youth science shows. The newspaper partners with Science Service to publish updates and recruit sponsors.
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Science Clubs of America
Science Service
National Science Clubs of America
Science Club
U. S. Weather Bureau
American Automobile Association
Westinghouse
Science Talent Institute
Washington
America
Scientific Research Board
Magnetic Divination Tricks With Simple Inventions
A guide to two magnet based tricks using small magnets and common home items. The first shows an arrow on a double card disc that moves by magnetized needles and a concealed palm magnet. The second uses a dog shaped magnet to direct a card's numbered edge to a chosen number.
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Science Service
Sulfa Drugs Boost Calf Pneumonia Recovery
Science Service reports sulfa drugs aid calf pneumonia with about 75 to 85 percent recovery in treated calves versus 31 percent in untreated. Early diagnosis and timely, precise dosage are essential, with careful discontinuation of sulfa use.
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American Veterinary Medical Association
Hybrid trees speed up reforestation efforts
U S Department of Agriculture scientists report hybrid trees reach size faster than nonhybrid timber trees. Hybrid pines already grow more than twice as tall and triple the weight of their best parent by age three. Though application will take years, a new era in reforestation begins.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Penicillin By-Product Boosts Livestock Vitamins
University of Wisconsin researchers and Lederle Laboratories tested a penicillin mold mash grown with lactose and corn steep liquor. The mash, rich in B vitamins and composed of living cells, enriches livestock diets and improves growth and profits.
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University of Wisconsin
Lederle Laboratories
American Cyanamid Co
Giant fans replace citrus grove smudge pots in frost defense
Giants fans mounted on 32 foot steel towers rotate above lemon groves near Oxnard California to mix air and protect fruit from frost. The air mixer uses two 12 foot aluminum propellers and a gasoline engine, costing about 3500 dollars per set and requiring minimal ongoing labor.
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America
Steelways
American Iron and Steel Institute
Oxnard
Calif
Younger workers face higher permanent injury risk in factories
Department of Labor figures show workers under 18 suffer one and a half times as many disabling injuries as those 18 and over. Permanent injury rates for younger workers are even higher, about twice those of older workers.
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Department of Labor
Rust? Just Blame It on Electricity
British chemist Dr. A. R. Evans presented six methods to measure electrochemical currents on corroding metal and an instrument to locate source and direction of such currents. He proved corrosion results from surface currents, noting eaten spots align with positive poles and cathodes remain protected.
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A. R. Evans
International Congress of Pure and Applied Chemistry
London
Evans
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