Sentences with phrase «by nitrous»

Trying to distance itself from games like Burnout Paradise (games fuelled by nitrous oxide and testosterone in equal measures), Gran Turismo has pioneered the idea that a sense of true realism is the best way to capture the romance and excitement of competitive driving.

SpaceShipOne then fired its rocket, fueled by nitrous oxide and rubber, and shot up to an altitude of 367,400 feet, about 40,000 feet higher than required for the prize.

Not exact matches

And, unlike an epidural which requires a hospital birth and the presence (and a bill from) an anesthesiologist, nitrous oxide can often be offered at a birth center by a midwife.

When absorbed by the body, nitrous oxide / oxygen has a calming effect.

The major culprits are the nitrous oxide that comes from the manure created by large livestock operations, and the methane emitted in cow burps and farts.

A research of Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) and Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) has shown that the inclusion of agroindustrial by - products in pig feed can reduce the nitrous oxide emissions (N2O) of the slurry used as manures up to 65 %.

Jacobson said the sum of warming caused by all anthropogenic greenhouse gases — CO2, methane, nitrous oxide, chlorofluorocarbons and some others — plus the warming caused by black and brown carbon will yield a planetary warming effect of 2 degrees Celsius over the 20 - year period simulated by the computer.

Research has indicated that no - till methods could reduce emissions of nitrous oxide — a gas with 300 times the greenhouse potency of carbon dioxide — by 57 percent (ClimateWire, Jan. 6).

By contrast, nitrous oxide, a by - product of food production, is both a powerful greenhouse gas and an ozone depleting gas, and is likely to become more important in future ozone depletioBy contrast, nitrous oxide, a by - product of food production, is both a powerful greenhouse gas and an ozone depleting gas, and is likely to become more important in future ozone depletioby - product of food production, is both a powerful greenhouse gas and an ozone depleting gas, and is likely to become more important in future ozone depletion.

Any nitrogen not taken up by plants is met by soil microbes that turn the fertilizer into nitrous oxide, an ozone - depleting gas that is also 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

By the energy office's estimates, the island has also reduced nitrous oxide emissions by 41 percent, cut sulfuric oxide emissions by 71 percent, and eliminated more than its share of carbon dioxide emissionBy the energy office's estimates, the island has also reduced nitrous oxide emissions by 41 percent, cut sulfuric oxide emissions by 71 percent, and eliminated more than its share of carbon dioxide emissionby 41 percent, cut sulfuric oxide emissions by 71 percent, and eliminated more than its share of carbon dioxide emissionby 71 percent, and eliminated more than its share of carbon dioxide emissions.

The amount of nitrous oxide in the atmosphere has quickly increased as well, with about a third of the total added by human activity — much of that emitted by nitrogen - based fertilizers, and half of that from just three nations: China, the Soviet Union, and the United States.

Nitrous oxide, produced by the bacterial breakdown of nitrogen, is now the dominant ozone - depleting substance emitted by humans, a new study shows

Food production accounts for a third of all greenhouse gas emissions when one tallies those from fossil fuels used in growing, preparing and transporting food; the carbon dioxide released by clearing land for farming and pastures; the methane from rice paddies and ruminant livestock; and the nitrous oxide from fertilizer use.

Nitrous oxide (N20) emissions could almost double by 2050 if more aggressive action is not taken, undermining global efforts to curb climate change, the United Nations» Environment Programme (UNEP) said on Thursday.

Methane and nitrous oxide are released, in part, by livestock.

The team confirmed the environmental benefits to introducing legumes and found that in such cropping systems, overall nitrous oxide emissions reduced by approximately 20 - 30 % and fertilizer use was down by 25 % to almost 40 % in some cases.

These advances are steppingstones toward realizing Flight Path 2050, the European Union's aggressive goal to reduce the aviation sector's nitrous oxide emissions by 90 percent, noise pollution by 65 percent and carbon dioxide emissions by 75 percent by 2050.

Greenhouse gases released by farming, such as methane from livestock and rice paddies, and nitrous oxides from fertilizers and other soil treatments rose 13 percent after 1990, the study concluded.

-- For a covered entity described in section 700 (13)(C), 1 emission allowance for each ton of carbon dioxide equivalent of fossil fuel - based carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, or any other fluorinated gas that is a greenhouse gas (except for nitrogen trifluoride), or any combination thereof, produced or imported by such covered entity during the previous calendar year for sale or distribution in interstate commerce.

The Berkeley Lab team has done previous studies establishing the formation of harmful thirdhand smoke constituents by reaction of nicotine with indoor nitrous acid, showing that nicotine can react with ozone to form potentially harmful ultrafine particles, and finding that thirdhand smoke can cause genetic damage in human cells.

Meat consumption in the developed world needs to be cut by 50 per cent per person by 2050 if we are to meet the most aggressive strategy, set out by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), to reduce one of the most important greenhouse gases, nitrous oxide (N2O).

A new heat - exchanger system to capture and recycle waste heat from oxy - fuel furnaces could cut process CO2 emissions by 30 % and nitrous oxide emissions by 90 %, as well enhancing thermal efficiency and significantly reducing operating costs.

Agricultural soils and the urine deposited by grazing animals are the main source of nitrous oxide Read more about Greener pastures reduce greenhouse gas emission - Scimex

Mohamad Sleiman was the lead author of a paper titled «Formation of carcinogens indoors by surface - mediated reactions of nicotine with nitrous acid, leading to potential third - hand smoke hazards.»

The authors report that in laboratory tests using cellulose as a model indoor material exposed to smoke, levels of newly formed TSNAs detected on cellulose surfaces were 10 times higher than those originally present in the sample following exposure for three hours to a «high but reasonable» concentration of nitrous acid (60 parts per billion by volume).

Berkeley Lab received these competitive awards from ARPA - E's Rhizosphere Observations Optimizing Terrestrial Sequestration (ROOTS) program, which seeks to develop crops that take carbon out of the atmosphere and store it in soil — enabling a 50 percent increase in carbon deposition depth and accumulation while also reducing nitrous oxide emissions by 50 percent and increasing water productivity by 25 percent.

It could be that the nerves in my Dad's heart might be misbehaving because they are abnormal AND because they are being assaulted by stressors resulting from his very standard American diet such as systemic inflammation, calcifications, reduced blood viscosity, reduced nitrous oxide, or any of the other chronic insults to our hearts and vascular system that results when we eat animal proteins, lots of fat, especially saturated fat, and highly processed junk plant foods.

The main difference on the track is a permanent nitrous boost meter, which allows you to increase your speed almost exponentially on straights by boosting until it's nearly full, letting it subside and then hammering it again.

With extras like armour tipping the scales so much in weapons - based events and the nitrous to back you up constantly, what balance you can find is accidental, and easily lopped to the side that favours you by splashing a few dollar - bucks on an obvious upgrade.

MacLachlan's amateur sleuthing plunges him into a dangerous underworld populated by sad - eyed nightclub singer Isabella Rossellini and her psychotic tormentor, Dennis Hopper, lover of PBR, nitrous oxide, kinky sex and Roy Orbison.

Greenhouse gases (which prevent dispersal of heat generated by the planet's surface, after this receiving solar radiation) of higher concentration on Earth are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH 4), nitrous oxide (N2O), Compounds of chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) and water vapor (H2O).

Since the nineteenth century, the concentrations of carbon dioxide in the air increased by 30 %, doubled the methane and nitrous oxide have risen 15 %.

At the 1976 Daytona 500, the qualifying times posted by both A. J. Foyt and Darrell Waltrip were thrown out after officials discovered their hidden nitrous systems.

But most of the accents are provided by a textured material called BrighTex, which resembles carbon fiber without looking as if it belongs in a nitrous - ized Civic.

And that's without the nitrous system, which is triggered by a sinister red button to the left of the steering wheel.

Custom Porsche 914 Targa powered by a professionally - built 2.0 - liter fuel - injected 4 - cylinder engine that's boosted with a nitrous system and has EMPI ceramic coated headers, backed by a 5 - speed manual transmission.

This Nitrous Outlet equipped V10 Viper gets taken down at Street Car Takeover OKC in the Drag Strip Roll Race event by «Miss Stangkilr» in this beautiful Procharged C7 Corvette.

Painted in a shade of purple called «Magic Magenta» the Veloster Turbo will share centre stage with two other Hyundai SEMA concepts, a nitrous - fed Santa Fe and an even crazier 776kW Santa Fe that's been modified by Bisimoto.

The nitrous - powered Santa Fe capable of serious off - roading was developed by Hyundai Motor America and the Rockstar Performance Garage.

It is powered by an LS1 fuel - injected engine with a 150hp shot of nitrous, Tremec 6 - speed transmission, custom Ford 9» rear end.

Powered by a Nissan Titan 5.6 L V8 engine, the Z puts down 1000 horse power with the assistance of a Nitrous set up.

The power to the pavement is supplied by a rock - solid drivetrain powered by a modified LS1 with GM Stage 3 aluminum heads, a COMP cam with 11:1 compression and, to spice things up a little, a 150hp shot of nitrous is sent through an LS Super Spyder intake and Nitrous Express injectinitrous is sent through an LS Super Spyder intake and Nitrous Express injectiNitrous Express injection kit.

Like most of today's clean diesels, nitrous oxide emissions are reduced by means of a Selective Catalyst Reduction after - treatment system, which uses urea - based Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) as a cleaning agent.

Powered by a 502 - ci big block Chevy engine with Edelbrock aluminum heads, Weiland 671 blower, and two Holley 650 carburetors with nitrous setup.

Read more about the turbo - charged, nitrous breathing Honda Odyssey minivan created by Takero and introduced at the Tokyo Auto Salon - Modified Magazine

Nitrous oxide or liquid nitrogen is used to destroy the unwanted tissue by freezing it.

You start out in human form and can fight off enemies with your equipped weapon or by transforming into your Car Form and fight them off by driving over them, spinning out on top of them, using a nitrous boost to plow through enemy groups, etc..

Thankfully, before the racers begin to get weird ideas in their head like how to get their infant selves into the driver's seats, an alien by the name of Nitrous Oxide shows up.

The main difference on the track is a permanent nitrous boost meter, which allows you to increase your speed almost exponentially on straights by boosting until it's nearly full, letting it subside and then hammering it again.