The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 28, 1983, Page 4, Image 4
USC rese
From Staff Resorts
Two grants totaling $25
researchers.
Willard Moore, a USC g
the "greenhouse effect,'
Science Foundation grant I
228 in the North Atlantic Oc
Also, a USC School of M
$102,000 grant from the
discover what bacterial i
disease uveitis.
One of only a dozen res
equipment and expertise t
them to specific diseases, l
able to expand their work
Fox, principle researcher i
Dr. Alvin Fox heads a team
have received a $102,000 gr
Health.
i
ELECTRON
VOL
( PROM > j
> BASIC / '
..."
/ioi no -r
. r"<f
(FORTRAN yJ
YOU SPENT I
YOUR DEGRi
ABOUT W
I
WARNER RO
offers a civil servi
work with state-c
advanced defe
Warner Robins AL<
engine
1-800-841-J
or write to: DPCSC-E
WARNKR ROBIi
ROBINS A.I
U.S. CITIZENSHP REQUff
archers re
O AAA U?..? U ' * *
a,vw nave uccii awarueo 10
;eology professor seeking cli
' received a $150,000 Nat
to study the distribution of Ra
:ean.
edicine research team recer
National Institutes of Heal
'emnants cause the blinding
?arch teams in the nation wit
o find bacterial remnants ant
(JSC's medical researchers w
witn tne i\ih grant, said Dr. |
n the NIH project. I
. > m
of USC medical researchers \
ant from the National Institute
'C/COMPVTEh
-ONG HOURS STl
EE , BUT NOW YC
'HERE YOU CAN <
JSE THOSE SKtL!
BINS AIR LOGI
ce career as an engi
>f-the-art technology
nse weapons system
u win nire approx. 16
ers- For more info, c
>193 or 1-800-342-0
'mployment office, Rob
MS AIR LOGISTIC
F.B., QKORQIA 3
IE0 - AN EQUAL OPPOflTUNI
iceive two gra
The findings also will provide c
cure or improved treatment of art!
USC "Detecting bacterial trace parti<
roles in diseases was impossible b<
les to chromatography and mass spec!
lonai during tne late 1970s," Fox said,
dium Since this technology is so ne
causes of many diseases remai
/ed a "Through our research, we hop
th to technology further so that hospital
\ eye use it for better diagnosis and el
terial diseases," Fox said.
h ttie Moore, who received the geoloj
1 llllK fllOf thn n /lnnfomn rf
viav/w v V* v?wv VIIV v/wan WIIUI11U) I'
ill be Radium 228, opening the possibi
\lvin isotopes as a tracer of oceanic oroc
For the past three years, Moore 1
I to calculate ocean circulation tii
scientists in the nation seeking t
rate" of the ocean in an attempt to
can absorb carbon dioxide, th<
"greenhouse effect."
The term "greenhouse effecl
amounts of carbon dioxide in the
the beginning of the industrial i
burning of fossil fuels such as coal
cutting and burning forests.
Like the glass of a greenhouse
carbon dioxide trap heat within the
Many scientists worry that,
I cumulates, average world tempera
as much as three to five degrees. T
m average temperature would melt
^1 the sea level as much as 30 feet.
fc|J| The primary means of extracting
2H atmosphere is its natural absorptio
H| gas is dissolved.
"It's estimated the ocean is ren
ip dioxide we are generating. We're
llll more rapidly than the ocean can
mosphere, and it's unlikely we'll stc
"Obtaining a precise measurem*
IPf level waters of the ocean mix with t
W step in finding a solution to the pote
MP of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
j One way scientists can determine
ocean is to analyze naturally occ
such as Radium 228, Carbon
! radioactive isotopes can be extract
analyzed to determine the concenl
sp various sections 01 tne ocean.
Analysis of Radium 228 from Norl
^ reveals the amount of time elapse
who was in contact with sediments c<
s of tually, this analysis will provide a i
fast the ocean dissolves carbon diox
?
? ENGINEERS ? <
o.
Y p
cpu ^ :
&N2> \/Re+(XL-Xc)8 ) ;V
j"|" ROM (\ ; /
^4^ WATTSj ;
ji.V' :
FllOOOOOOl J !
DIGITAL y
B
a
. DYING TO GET j
JU RE PUZZLED j
SO TO BEST |
LS. ?
STICS CKNTER 5
neer with a chance to
r to support the most
s In the world. J
10 electronic/computer
all toll free *
570 (in Georgia)
ins A.F.B., Georgia 31098 S
(SCBNTIR !
rv employer x^ggg/ s v
??1 n?i
nts r
lues that may lead to the I ?
uritis. h
cles and determining their 8
.e it ? I? _ __ I
jiore uie application 01 gas gy
Lroscopy in this research
w, the possible bacterial
in undetected, Fox said.
te to develop the use of
s eventually will be able to
fective treatment of bac- H
ly grant, was the first to ii
slatively large amounts of :
lity of using radioactive f|
esses !
las been using Radium 228 j J ij
ne. He is one of several
o determine the "mixing
tell how quickly the ocean
e main catalyst in the I ^
t" refers to increasing B ;
atmosphere caused since ]
revolution by large-scale I 4
and petroleum, and from (
I
2, the added quantities of ;
atmosphere of the earth,
as carbon dioxide actures
will rise, perhaps by
he warming of the earth's
glaciers, possibly raising
I carbon dioxide from the |
n by the ocean, where the
loving half of the carbon
creating carbon dioxide
remove it from the at>p,M
Moore said.
ent of how fast the upper
he lower levels is the first
^4:^11-- J i ^
(many uaugerous ounaup | j
I," Moore said. j ]
; the "mixing rate" of the
urring transient tracers, I j
14 and Tritium. These Eg
ed from ocean water and | j
tration of the isotopes in t i
:h Atlantic water samples 1 j
;d since the ocean water j |
>ntaining radium. Even- j
means of calculating how | j
ide- %sam
( a
v v / rscr.
V I IMP(
fwWha
I ^ Wher
I Time:
la^ Dl
THOSE INTE
NICE
1217 -N.
Allege St. ... T1|_ . ,
(next to NATURAL
1/:?\ / At \
igci mug/ ^1^2^
! 17
Soups, Salads, Sandwiches
frff"rfvfra^
-W Hto mm rnmm W mm* m -WJ m
(including 21 juices, whole milk
teas, hot cider and carbonated
with purchase of salad or sar
NICE N-NATURAL
MHNiHHI (?^er 4/2/83) ^1Bi
Why Eat Junk I
Surf Br Tt
Ribeye Steak w
Sauteed Shrim
with Wild Rir<
Vegetable & Sa
only $4.
Dinner Served from 5 until
Governor's Restaurant
mm A ccomklu
<
3RTANT ADVISEMEr
MPPTIW^.'
VI1.1. I II IV*
i: March 28 and March :
e: Nursing, Rm 23!
7:00PM
se: Advisement for Autum
Exploration of Career (
Preparation for Graduc
ALL PSYCHOLOGY MA
MUST ATTEND
ONE OF THE TWO MEE
IRESTED !N PSYCHOLOGY AS /
'ORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEf
799-3471
I
5E ] ?
, herbal [ j
bevs) j i
ldwich 1
Food? 1
I *
mm-* 1 I
irj
ith
P
L
99
1 9:3Q pm
=5|.
IT
" : >
a
jo ;
B
a
5
a
n 5
Options
ite School
&
m
JORS 5
5
TINGS. :
> *
\ MAJOR ;
md. :