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THE following Beit fellowships for scientific research, tenable at the Imperial College of Science and Technology during the Academic Year 1938-39, have recently been awarded: extensions of fellowships already satisfactorily held for one year to D. W. Goodall, for research on the physiology of the tomato plant, under the direction of Prof. F. G. Gregory ; H. A. C. McKay, for investigations of chemical problems by the radioactive indicator method, under the direction of Prof. H. V. A. Briscoe ; A. K. Powell, for research on parasitic wasps, in particular that of Microbracon hebetor, under the direction of Prof. J. W. Munro. New fellowships tenable for one year but renewable for a second have been awarded to J. L. O. G. Michiels (Royal College of Science), for research on the positions and widths of the energy levels of atomic nuclei by means of experiments on the capture of slow neutrons by various elements, under the direction of Prof. G. P. Thomson; E. J. Harris (Royal College of Science), for research on hydrocarbon oxidation and the reactions of peroxides with reference to carbon processes, under the direction of Prof. A. C. G. Egerton.
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Beit Fellowships for Scientific Research. Nature 142, 170 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142170b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/142170b0