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...developed a particularly fast-multiplying new strain, which they named "RAG-1."* Bred in salt water enriched with phosphorus and nitrogen compounds, the strain gobbles up the paraffin (waxy) content of crude oil, leaving only small droplets of dewaxed oil that break down quickly in nature and become harmless carbon dioxide and water...
...have expressed an interest in meeting with me. The sentences of my last article were only the awkward scribblings of a scientist eager to share his observations, to see whether his untested theories might experience photosynthesis in the light of day, or whether they would merely exhale more harmful carbon dioxide. Yet some of my readers seem to think that I have a style which is not unpleasing. A young lady has told me that she could easily get me a job on a large American magazine. I could not accept this offer because my ideas often take months...
...appears, from the model, to resemble a butterfly with long feelers or a tulip bending its petals to earth. "Not at all," retorted the 74-year-old artist. "It's more like a flamingo." Even so, Calder has had to redesign part of the 10-ton carbon-steel structure. "This is supposed to be a stabile," he explained, "but with Chicago's wind, we have to be careful it doesn't become a mobile...
SYNTHETIC FUELS. The vast resources of coal could be used to produce a variety of synthetic fuels. In coal gasification, for instance, coal is brought in contact with steam. Hydrogen atoms in the vapor combine with the coal's carbon atoms to produce a hydrocarbon similar to natural...
...California will indeed necessitate a catalyst on every new 1975-model car sold in that state, but the requirements will be stiffened from present levels in the rest of the country too. By 1975, autos outside California may emit only 1.5 grams of hydrocarbons and 15 grams of carbon monoxide for each mile traveled. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that, compared with current pollution levels, these standards will take California two-thirds of the way, and the rest of the country halfway, toward meeting the requirements originally laid down for 1975. Henry Ford II asserts that the requirements still...