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THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1974
By Rodney Hammack
Molecules studied
in 3D TV images
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HARRY DISHMAN
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Scientists will soon be able to
study three-dimensional television
pictures of molecules at Texas A&M
University.
TAMU is one of the original three
terminals connected to a computer
at Brookhaven Central Scientific
Computing Facility along with the
Cancer Institute in Philadelphia
and Brookhaven National Laborat
ory in New York.
Dr. Carl N. Morimoto, a TAMU
researcher, explained that “it is
clear that the interactive computer
graphic systems with three-
dimensional displays have great po
tentials in the biological sciences.
“There is a great need by
everyone connected with biology to
study the bodily processes at a
molecular level,” he continued.
“We can study matter at or near
atomic resolution by bombarding
certain crystallized material and ob
serving the X-rays, neutrons or
electrons that are reflected.”
The computing needs of crystal
lography can be classified in terms
of data preparation, structure solu
tion or plotting out the location of
the atoms in a molecule, and infor
mation storage and retrieval. The
computational needs are necessary
and very large.
“Recent computer advances
allow us to present this numerical
information as a 3D television pic
ture,” Morimoto pointed out.
“Human perceptions are usually
better at absorbing pictorial infor
mation than lists of numbers. A
graphic presentation is required. If
the user needs to be able to change
the picture and see it from a new
angle, then we have established a
need for three-dimensional compu
ter graphics.
“What we have then is a look at a
molecule. These 3D graphics can
serve as the ‘microscope’ which can
survey large data bases, reduce the
information to a pictorial level, and
present the view from a variety of
vantage points,” he noted. “Then
we can carry the experiment a bit
further and simulate chemical reac
tions by feeding more information
to the computer.”
Now all this information will be
available through an association of
the three organizations in the Crys
tallographic Network of computer
terminals capable of displaying
these three-dimensional graphics
when the communications link be
comes operational in October.
The TAMU terminal will be lo
cated in the Biochemistry and
Biophysics Department*
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is having their roommate leave and
being left with the responsibility of
finding a new roommate or paying
the whole rent. This is the case if the
roommates have signed the same
rental lease. A remedy to this prob
lem is to find a substitute for the
roommate that is leaving. Most
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transfer leases over to the new
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the parties involved. This substitu
tion policy aids not only the student
leaving, since it insures him the re
turn of his security deposit, but also
the student remaining because he
will not have to take full responsibil
ity of paying the rent.
In the past two weeks the Fair
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complaints from students who have
moved out of these apartment com
plexes: French Quarter, Old Col
lege Main, Posada Del Bey, and
Monaco. All were concerning the
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urity deposits within thirty days.
Many students are not aware of
the process by which to make com
plaints. The first step should always
be a complaint to the landlord. If
you cannot get action there, a
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ble, including the Fair Housing
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The most valuable judicial pro
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deposit refunds, but it covers
amounts only up to $150.00.
The Small Claims Court is located
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claim, but should you win, the land
lord is required to pay that amount.
You act as your own lawyer and pre
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