Sentences with phrase «absorbed by the molecules»

As a transiting planet passes in front of its star, some starlight passes through the planet's atmosphere and continues on toward Earth — minus certain spectral frequencies that have been absorbed by molecules in the atmosphere.

They picked a color of laser light that ensured the energy absorbed by the molecules would not set them spinning.

Some wavelengths of the starlight will be absorbed by molecules in the atmosphere while other wavelengths will shine straight through.

By understanding the details of this motion, one can determine the amount of energy needed to transform reactants into products in a chemical reaction, or the color of light absorbed by a molecule, and ultimately accelerate the design of new drugs and materials, better catalysts and more efficient energy sources.

When that energy hits molecules in the atmosphere some of the energy is absorbed by the molecules in the atmosphere which then vibrate more quickly.

The radiative energy inciding on our skin is absorbed by the molecules of water in our bodies by Resonance Absorption.

Instead, because there are greenhouse gases in our atmosphere, that radiation gets absorbed by those molecules and when they absorb it, the IR radiation gets converted to heat.

Once the remaining Shortwave hits a surface inside the greenhouse, it is absorbed by molecules and sets them in motion (Brownian Movement).

iv) The DLR can not penetrate beyond SST (skin) so ALL the DLR gets absorbed by molecules in that region and ALL those molecules in due course find their way to SS (int).

The propagating electromagnetic wave from the earths surface is now absorbed by the molecule which in turn adopts kinetic and thereby electromagnetic properties as the state of rest is now disrupted and its components vibrate, sending out electromagnetic waves as it struggles to balance its competing internal forces.

This is important with regard to H20, as humidity drops rapidly and the wave lengths that are absorbed by this molecule now escape at a greatly increased rate and so back radiation diminishes accordingly.

In the case of a CO2 molecule in the air, a photon in the form of IR from the warmer earth can be absorbed by the molecule and raise its temperature (its kinetic energy), ie heat has been transferred from earth to CO2.

And I understand that warming is caused more by longwave, since this is more easily absorbed by molecules (f. ex CO2) than incoming shortwave.

Not exact matches

Producing methamphetamine gives off toxic fumes, and Bridger's laser technology, which is still in development, detects these gases by measuring the amount of light absorbed by the gas molecules.

Golden Rice is a strain that is genetically modified by molecular techniques (and therefore labeled a genetically modified organism or GMO) to produce β - carotene, a precursor of vitamin A. Vitamin A is an essential component of the light - absorbing molecule rhodopsin in the eye.

The laser generates a specific wavelength of light that is absorbed in a stoichiometric fashion by glucose molecules — the more glucose molecules; the more photons are absorbed.

These molecules are absorbed by your blood, and when they get close to the breast they are transported into the milk making cells of the breast via diffusion.

These molecules initially comprise just a small fraction of the gas, but they can absorb heat from the surrounding gas and get rid of it by emitting light, thereby cooling the cloud enough for stars to form.

The calorie reductions were calculated individually through the ratio of isotopes absorbed by the participants» molecules and tissues over 2 weeks, a technique that accurately pinpoints a weight - maintenance calorie level.

«Molecules in the glass form are more readily absorbed by the body because they can dissolve more easily, and many glasses that can cure disease have been discovered in the past 20 years, but they're not being made into medicines because they're not stable enough.»

A team led by Stuart Licht at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa has come up with a new cathode made from unusual iron - based molecules — iron (VI), or «super-iron,» compounds — that absorb more electrons than manganese dioxide.

The molecule gets rid of some of the absorbed energy by heating up the material around it, and this generates a pressure wave.

In bird eyes, suitable radicals are believed to be generated within cryptochrome, a light - absorbing protein that produces an as - yet - unidentified signaling molecule in a quantity determined by the field direction, resulting in an avian magnetic compass.

At this high pressure, nitrogen lost all signs of being a molecule — infrared light that normally is absorbed by nitrogen - nitrogen bonds passed right through the sample, they report in the 7 August Physical Review Letters.

Molecules in the intervening gas clouds absorb radio waves at specific frequencies determined by the type of mMolecules in the intervening gas clouds absorb radio waves at specific frequencies determined by the type of moleculesmolecules.

These molecules absorb the light that is missed by the polymer and transfer the «harvested» energy to the film, enhancing its luminescent emission.

The heat absorbed by water vapor and carbon dioxide is shared with all the nitrogen, oxygen and argon, because the latter molecules are always bumping into water vapor and carbon dioxide as they mix in the atmosphere.

This molecule, which the researchers call pteronenone, had a structure similar to that of chemicals which absorb the Sun's damaging ultraviolet rays and are carried by other planktonic creatures (Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol 60, p 780).

This chiral light is absorbed differently by molecules of opposite handedness.

The imperfections have unique electronic properties that the researchers were able to exploit to increase sensitivity to absorbed gas molecules by 300 times.

When this many - color light is sent through a chemical specimen, some colors are absorbed by the specimen's molecules.

When light hits a painting, some photons are absorbed by pigment molecules, which split apart.

Rebecca Rapf, Veronica Vaida and colleagues at the University of Colorado propose that a class of compounds called α - keto acids can be photo - activated by sunlight and drive reactions with molecules that do not themselves absorb sunlight.

As this light passes through the exoplanet's atmosphere, some of it is absorbed by atmospheric molecules.

The weak but nevertheless detectable SIF signal emerges naturally on sunlight - exposed leaves, when chlorophyll molecules are excited by absorbed photons, and is a proxy for plant photosynthesis.

By absorbing a photon of light, photosensitive molecules can reposition chemical bonds and thus create a «kink» in the polymer chain.

That light is absorbed by the chlorine - based molecules, which then excite nearby oxygen molecules, creating a highly reactive form of oxygen, known as singlet oxygen, that rips apart nearby biomolecules and kills the tumor cell.

«When an exoplanet passes in front of its star, light can be absorbed at some wavelengths by molecules in the atmosphere, which we can analyze by looking at how light passes through the planet's atmosphere,» said Benjamin Charnay, a postdoctoral researcher in the University of Washington Department of Astronomy.

Fortunately, astronomers have been able to use longer radio wavelengths that are not absorbed by the obscuring dust and radiowave - emitting molecules like carbon monoxide (which are concentrated in the spiral arms) to trace the spiral disk's structure.

Thus when the Earth is radiating with a greater intensity than the back radiation from the air, then the excess radiation will be absorbed by the air molecules, and the air will warm.

He identified the excited electron states in 15 chromophores, or light - absorbing structures, and provided theoretical chemistry insights on the mechanisms by which these molecules take in the light.

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Photosynthetically available radiation (PAR) refers to the spectral range (wave band) of solar radiation from 400 - 700 nanometers (the visible wavelengths and the spectrum used by plants for photosynthesis) that is absorbed by the chlorophyll molecule.

Infrared spectroscopy provides details by exploiting how molecules absorb light in the infrared region.

The shorter wavelengths of IR radiation can penetrate the atmosphere, but as its wavelength reaches one micrometre, IR radiation tends to be absorbed by water vapour and other molecules in the atmosphere.

Nearly all his independent research relates to understanding light perception and signal transduction by the phytochrome superfamily of light absorbing molecules in plants and, more recently, in microbes.

The newly - formed molecules are then transported by the flowing water and absorbed by the surrounding rock.

If the atmosphere is warmer than the liquid, on average the energy transferred to the liquid by water molecules being absorbed will excede the energy transfer to the atmosphere by evaporation.

From what I gather, the ocean, being the huge black body it is, emits a heck of a lot of radiation, a small portion of that gets absorbed by the occasional water vapor molecule (which probably also came from the ocean) or CO2 molecule (which also may have come from the ocean).

«Certain molecules called FODMAPs — found in excess fructose from some fruits and lactose in some dairy foods — can be poorly absorbed by some people in the small intestine and digestive tract and feed the bacteria there,» says Dr Sue Shepherd, an Australian dietitian and senior lecturer at La Trobe University's Department of Dietetics and Human Nutrition.