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...After combat duty in World War II, he was assigned to work on atomic-bomb projects, pursued further studies in physics at Caltech, the University of New Mexico and Stanford. Well regarded by civilian scientists and Pentagon brass for his background ("I am a Gung Ho pilot and a physicist third class"), Hayward was handed his job in R. & D. when the Navy created the division in 1957, has since been one of the strongest proponents of a unified national space program...
...atoms all neat round shapes, as shown in the classroom diagrams? Physicist Arthur J. Freeman of the Watertown (Mass.) Arsenal thinks not. Last week, at the American Physical Society meeting at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he presented evidence from recent experiments at Brookhaven National Laboratory, where billions of reactor-bred neutrons were fired at atoms of magnetic iron, nickel and cobalt. According to Dr. Freeman's mathematical analysis, the neutrons bounced off the atoms' electrons in patterns that indicate that the atoms have varying shapes. The nuclei of iron atoms are surrounded by a cloud of electrons...
...phenomenon of superconductivity, or the unimpeded flow of electricity through metals cooled to temperatures approaching absolute zero (-459.6° F.), was given a new twist by Physicist Bernd Matthias of the Bell Telephone Laboratories. A magnetic field dissipates superconductivity. So for half a century, theorists have assumed that magnetic metals could not be used. But Matthias found that some magnetic metals serve unusually well as superconductors. In fact, by combining magnetic metals with others, he can make alloys that become superconducting at the relatively high temperature of -426° F. It is even possible, Physicist Matthias adds, to make superconducting...
...reasoning that led to the gigantic experiment. Science Editor Jonathan Norton Leonard describes the intricate mechanics of what happened as a shell of electrons enveloped the earth, explores what is known and not yet told of the scientific implications, and provides an intimate look at the remarkable self-taught physicist who conceived Project Argus. See SCIENCE, Veil Around the World and Up from the Elevator...
...Physicist Libby, who is planning to retire from the AEC in June after 4½ years of service, noted a new theory, put forward by Physicist E. A. Martell of the Air Force's Cambridge, Mass. research center, that radioactive debris from nuclear explosions near the poles drifts down to the earth much faster than fallout from explosions near the equator. If the theory is correct, strontium 90 and other harmful isotopes from Soviet tests in October will sprinkle the earth heavily during the next several months...