Light-inadequacy of the ultraviolet theory of ionization in the E-layer

From the reports of the CRPL, average yearly values of h′_E, h′_F1,f °_E and N_F1, for the months of January, March, June, July, September, and December of the years 1944 to 1949 were computed and plotted against the magnetic latitude. Altogether some 25,000 individual records were averaged. Seven curves were plotted. They showed that: (1) all curves are symmetrical with respect to the magnetic equator; (2) the h′_E, h′_F1, f⁰_E and the N_F, curves all swing up and down as the magnetic latitude, north and south, increases; (3) the h′_E is definitely periodic with constant period and constant amplitude; (4) the h′_E curve rises only slightly (on the average) with latitude. These results appear to be inconsistent with the ultraviolet light theory of ionization.     

The slow neutron-induced radioactivities of nuclear explosions

The slow neutron-induced radioactivities of nuclear explosions have been evaluated for infinite media of filtered Schuylkill water and the earth's crust. The magnitudes of these effects are compared with the activity of the fission fragments, and the conditions under which they may be of importance are considered.It has been assumed that a gram-molecule of neutrons is liberated in the blast.     

Committee on science and the arts

In contradiction to results previously reported, it has been found that DNA prepared by a method which utilizes strong NaOH is acted on by the specific nuclease, although at a rate only 20 per cent. of that of DNA prepared by a milder method. The nature of the changes responsible for the low rate of hydrolysis of the alkali-treated DNA are not known.