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could emit ultraviolet rays**, and they resurrected his ideas from the limbo | could emit ultraviolet rays**, and they resurrected his ideas from the limbo | ||
to which they had been consigned in the 1930s. Working with an | to which they had been consigned in the 1930s. Working with an | ||
- | electronic eye amplified by a photomultiplier and registered by a self- | + | electronic eye amplified by a photomultiplier and registered by a selfrecorder |
- | recorder | + | |
tape, they found that when life processes in the tissue cultures remained | tape, they found that when life processes in the tissue cultures remained | ||
- | nonnal, the ultraviolet glow, invisible to the human eye but detectable | + | //normal//, the ultraviolet glow, invisible to the human eye but detectable |
as oscillations on the tape, remained stable. As soon as the affected | as oscillations on the tape, remained stable. As soon as the affected | ||
colony began to battle against its infection, the radiation intensified. | colony began to battle against its infection, the radiation intensified. | ||
Reports on this work in Moscow newspapers disclosed that, however | Reports on this work in Moscow newspapers disclosed that, however | ||
fantastic it might seem, the ultraviolet radiation from the affiicted cells | fantastic it might seem, the ultraviolet radiation from the affiicted cells | ||
- | carried | + | //carried |
somehow received by the second colony, just as words are transmitted | somehow received by the second colony, just as words are transmitted | ||
and received in dots and dashes in the Morse code. | and received in dots and dashes in the Morse code. |