European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 31, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday. July 31, 1967 the stars and stripes electric current Alan Schr Eheim director la Argonne nah Laboratory in Argonne to h gifts president Reagan superconductivity. Superconductivi1ytenefits in future experts say Washington a although the ability to transmit electricity without resistance offers Many potential Benefit people should not expect too soon from the often stated Promise superconductivity experts say. Scientist and business executives attending a i Al conference commercial applications Sun icon Declivity said tuesday that benefits whew technology May not be As dramatic As Many Coj and much More research is needed a snaps taking years before substantial payoffs con by expected the added. The efficiency offers the Hope dramatically improved elect muffs better computers magnetically levitated trains a filler electric motors and better generation and lians Meion electrical Power . Fernand Bedardo scientist with the National Security Agency said Jet while the technology promises some major changes in electronics communications computer Send other areas the nation currently lacks expertise it making product such As superconducting int edged circuits for electronic devices. When Ubu re in a Marathon you re not going to get a Laura real at the one mile Mark Bedard said the to Craig Davis a physicist with the Ford motor o., said recent superconductor advances have caused company to Reuh Toni past work electro mag a electric cars and . But he said it will Lake my tamper years research before the developments Havit Foch Impact car design including replacement a the up to 30 Small motors built into automobiles. And earlier studies magnetic which could move above their rails at 300 Cate that the superconductor magnets which raise Power he vehicles would account for Only about percent the Cost a train system he said. So superconductors will not have a big Impact the costs a magnetic levitated train,1 Davis said. The conference sponsored by the White House and the Energy department was called to bring business leaders together with officials and scientists from government universities and laboratories to develop National game plan for exploiting superconductivity. President Reagan in an opening speech before More than 1,000 attendees urged Industrial and scientific inter ests to move As quickly As possible to develop Commer Cial products from advances in superconductivity re search. The Reagan administration has Given priority to . Exploitation the new technology ahead euro Pean and japanese economic rivals. The president s appearance at the conference accompanied by Secre tary state George Shultz defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and Energy Secretary John Herrington underscored the importance attached by the administration to superconductivity. Reagan said the administration is proposing More Money for Basic research superconductivity. Feder Al agencies currently Are spending about $30 million annually superconductor research. The president also said he will propose to Congress several legislative changes covering antitrust Law Pat tents and Protection company secrets to help Macrin companies compete with foreign rivals. N said he is designating the Argonne National ,1 near Chicago As the National Center for super Ity applications. Argonne spokesman Harry Conner Tif Claier Thiu inc designation could bring the facility up Tow jillion a year in new research Money. Conner Saio in lists at Argonne already Are working applications. There is horse race right now a Bujsc world he said. Materials must be Chen before becoming super conductors and until recen Rubey had be made colder than 400 degrees . This required using expensive and hard a Andle coolant such As liquid helium. But scientists worldwide have begun remzing super conductivity in a new class materials at temperatures allowing Cooling with much Grants such As liquid nitrogen. Mysterious Hole Over the Antarctic probe to Check danger diminishing Ozone layer Mountain View Calif. A space Agency scientists announced tuesday an International probe the mysterious Ozone Hole Over the ant Arctic to see whether Man made Chemi cals nature both Are destroying the Gas vital to life Earth. A specially equipped er-2 plane Ca Pable flying to the Edge space and a modified dog Airliner taking off from the Southern tip Chile will be part the 110 million Effort from aug. Ito sell. 29. I believe this is probably the must singularly important Earth science project in a decade Robert Watson pro Grain scientist for the National aeronautics and space administration said at the Agency s Ames research Center. A Feu years ago he Laid scientists were worried thai a 5 percent change in Ozone Over inc Nam Century could be Advent. Instead 5 percent we re looking at 50 percent in Only 10 years. This was absolutely unexpected and it s caught our Nasa will be joined in the Effort by at least three other Federal science Agen cies the chemical manufacturers association scientists from Harvard he University Denver and the univer sity Washington and the govern ments Argentina Chile. France new zealand and the United kingdom. Other countries also Are cooperating by allowing aircraft flights Over their territories. In All More than 160 scientists pilots and others will be involved in the airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment. The er-2. A modified version the u-2 spy plane and a specially equipped and Modi lied pcs Airliner will make at least 10 passes each through the Ozone Hole flying from Pun la Arenas Chile across the South pole to new zealand. The er-3 will Fly in the Region maximum Ozone depletion up to 65,000 feet and will carry ill Rumril to gather information winds Prei sure and temperatures. Other instruments will like samples chemicals. The xt-8 Wilt Fly up to feet an carry instruments to measure Ozone and other chemicals. Other data will be recorded by ground and satellite equip ment. The timing the ii gals coincides with the Onset the Hole thinning the Ozone in the atmosphere Over the Antarctic which begins at the end Winter in the Southern hemisphere and Luis through Spring. Ozone a form oxygen produced at the upper reaches the atmosphere by a photochemical reaction with the Sun s ultraviolet radiation is essential to life because it limits the amount Ultra Violet rays penetrating to Earth s sur face if the Ozone decreases the amount ultraviolet radiation will incr new and could have Adverse effects human health such As Melanoma ski cancer Lup prestion the immune response system and the terrestrial and aquatic Walywn Iii. The key questions inc probe will and Dreili Are whether Man made fluorocarbons. Such is Ihor Emit Ltd by Chemi cals in refrigerators air fim Ditinno it and aerosol Sprajc Aie taming tin Ozone depletion and whether the Hole will spread and affect larger portions the tuck project scientist for the comment department s National oceanic and atmospheric administration said he believes the probe will show that both chemistry and Natu ral dynamics arc going to be found lobby a role in Ozone depiction. He noted that although most scientists though the chemical changes we reoccurring Only in the upper Atmo sphere a Iceni less surprisingly showed they arc also happening at lower Levels. An incr Iona meeting policy makers in Montreal in september will look at findings from an Experiment earlier this year in Australia and other data to set guidelines fur the use Ollu carbons which have 3 lifetime up to 100 ears in inc atmosphere. Waison said new regulations arc Al most inevitable. The question ii the Liming the regulations and the magnitude. Will there be a free in production Fluor car a nov 3 20 percent cutback a so per cent cutback
