Sentences with phrase «absorbs light»

At one end of the spectrum you'll find the chalky finish known as «flat,» which features a matte sheen that absorbs light and helps hide surface imperfections.

Consider the room's primary function, focal points, seating, colour scheme (dark absorbs light, pale reflects it) and desired mood.

As we explained in our Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus hands - on review, aperture is the hole in a camera that absorbs light.

CO2 absorbs light primarily in the IR wavelength, but it is not totally transparent to other wavelengths.

According to one theory, the black absorbs light so it rotates away from the light, or is it that the black emits IR?

Researchers explain that the dyed glass absorbs light and traps it inside the glass pane.

The oxygen absorbs light from the Sun, and since there is very little air in the thermosphere, just a little absorption can go a long way!

Making a solar panel that's also a window involves a bit of creativity: It has to be something that both absorbs light, to make electricity, and lets light through, to let people see in and out.

(Paper abstract) Soot from ships worse than expected Produced during combustion of fossil fuels and biofuels, light - absorbing carbon (soot) creates haze and absorbs light with an efficiency nearly one third that of carbon dioxide.

He has said: «Although we tend to think of glass as a window, it is a solid liquid that has at once three distinctive qualities: it reflects light, it absorbs light, and it transmits light all at the same time.»

The large oil paintings on show will take visitors on a journey from Mooseurach, which invokes the brooding rhythms of the Bavarian forest, where the artist has a studio, to the sunbaked gold and hemoglobin red of Barcelona Green, which absorbs the light of another city where Scully works, to the sombre vibrations of Wall of Light Angel, which envelopes observers in its otherworldly gloam.

The sculpture does three things: It reflects light, transmits light, and absorbs light all at the same time.»

Generating her most delicate tones by diluting acrylic and combining it with the chalky white gesso, Martin's canvases produce a surface that both reflects and absorbs light.

Hovering above the room, Kelley Walker's Circle in Circle, 2006, is a cast - chocolate disco ball, a chalky brown sphere that absorbs light rather than reflects nightlife glamour.

The retina is a layer of cells in the back of the eye which absorbs light, and sends the appropriate electrical signals to the brain.

Coastal Pet Products Safe Cat Glow in the Dark Adjustable Breakaway Collar The Safe Cat Glow in the Dark Adjustable Breakaway Collar absorbs light during the day and glows all night.

Because ice absorbs light and is able to penetrate deeply into the compacted ice, we are able to see that rich, frosty blue that is likely to send a chill down your spine (but here is a more in - depth explanation — it's fascinating!).

Matte makeup absorbs light and allows the eye to see «into» the skin.

As black absorbs light, the sparkling gold will light up the smokey look.

I view black as a complete lack of color, as the pigment completely absorbs all light in the visible spectrum and doesn't reflect anything back.

Featuring a playful shape, our ceramic base absorbs the light for a pretty glow.

Tryptophan absorbs light energy, and is a vital amino acid for photosynthesis in sea bacteria, algae, and plants.

It also absorbs light via photosynthesis, which allows plants to convert energy from the sun into food using carbon dioxide and water.

Unlike baryonic matter, dark matter neither emits nor absorbs light or other forms of electromagnetic energy.

Another protein called green fluorescent protein, or GFP, absorbs this light, and through a biophysical process, turns it into a glowing emerald green.

They find that the original colour, shape and presence of eumelanin (a retinal pigment that absorbs light) have been preserved in the fish.

Astronomers recently verified that titanium oxide in the outer atmosphere of a Mira - type giant star's absorbs its light, causing it to swell up and dim.

By looking at how material in the flight path absorbs light from the stars, scientists can deduce their chemical composition.

Spectrometers can be tuned to detect the wavelengths at which scientists know a given element emits and absorbs light; scientists can then determine the element's presence by whether it emits or absorbs light of certain characteristic wavelengths.

The dark band across the middle is a lane of dust which absorbs light.

After six months in the lab, Butler emerged with harmless iodine gas, which absorbs light at even more wavelengths.

When a rod cell in the retina absorbs light, a cascade of reactions results in a nerve signal.

«Because ocean water absorbs light, extending this is going to difficult,» says Jeffrey Uhlmann at the University of Missouri in Columbia.

Often, they are identified only when a scientist stumbles across some kind of material that absorbs light, and then thinks to look into its catalytic properties.

Because human skin absorbs light and has the added complication of tiny hairs, it can be tricky to image clearly, but with the new device, called GelSight, pictures like the one above are easy to snap.

«It looks black as the water beneath absorbs all light,» Ajne said.

They can be detected because the dust absorbs the light from stars and reemits it at longer wavelengths.

Different pigments serve different functions: Green chlorophyll, which dominates during the growing season, absorbs light energy for photosynthesis, the conversion of carbon and water to sugar.

Her efforts allowed her to discover that single - cell plants that were exposed to aldehydes did end up with less chlorophyll — the green pigment in plants that absorbs light and plays a key role in photosynthesis.

The active layer that absorbs light and produces electrons is located between these electrodes.

Normally, titanium oxide in the atmospheres of hot Jupiters absorbs light and reradiates it as heat, making the atmosphere grow warmer at higher altitudes.

The first stage absorbs light in the form of photons and uses it to produce energy storage molecules, which are then used to power the second stage, which fixes carbon from the air into carbon - based sugars, such as sucrose and starch.

A standard lasing material, when stimulated by a pump, absorbs light for a time before it starts to lase.

«The polymer matrix absorbs light in the UV domain, stabilizes the nanosheets and gives the material the properties of the polymer, while at the same time maintaining the remarkable optoelectronic properties of the nanosheets.»

Dark matter neither emits nor absorbs light, primarily interacts with the rest of the universe through gravity, yet accounts for about 80 percent of the matter in the universe.

It occurs when a substance absorbs light energy and is thereby chemically modified.

Instead of amplifying light into coherent pulses, as a laser does, an antilaser absorbs light beams zapped into it.

The codes tend to be quite good at predicting whether a crystal is stable or not, but less good at predicting how it absorbs light or conducts electricity — to the point of sometimes making a semiconductor look like a metal.

Bismuth vanadate absorbs light but is a poor conductor of electricity.

With this complex experimental setup the physicists in Zurich could now study in detail how strongly the material absorbs light under different conditions.