Sentences with phrase «chemical properties which»

The grayanotoxin produced in the pieris japonica has turpentine - like chemical properties which can cause painful burning in the mouth when it is chewed.

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«In California it might mean a founder who is fixated on the elegance of a chunk of code, the speed at which bytes are transmitted, the chemical and physical properties of a piece of silicon, the space in which data is stored or the size of a typeface.»

Grafoid has invested in the patent - pending MesoGraf process, which generates pristine graphene from raw graphite ore, a cost - effective, single - step production method that eliminates harsh chemicals that could hamper the material's fundamental properties.

The group quickly determines the mission team's potential strength (knowledge of the terrain), potential weakness (susceptibility to disease), assumptions being factored into the decisions (they do not face nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons), things they must not do (damage property, which would lead to loss of popular support), the principle information requirements, high - value targets, and so on through a checklist of easily overlooked considerations.

Given that these contractors typically use chemicals, some of which may be hazardous and damaging, you need to protect against liability and protect your property and valuables.

In the words of chemist - turned - philosopher Michael Polanyi, the sequence of nucleotides is «extraneous to» the physical and chemical properties within the molecule» which is to say, the sequence is not determined by inherent physical - chemical forces.

An Australia based reasearch institute Naturo All Natural Technologies PTY. LTD has developed Natavo Zero processing technology which preserves all of the taste and nutritional properties of avocados without adding chemicals, preservatives or other additives, said Jeff Hastings, member in the Board of Directors.

Kale has a similar nutritional value like broccoli and contains sulforaphane, which is a chemical containing anti-cancer properties.

It has so many other health benefits and I'll list them briefly; high in mineral especialy calcium (more than any other plant), high in protein, anti-viral / - infection / - inflammation properties as well as offering polysaccharides which can prevent for example type two diabetes, improve liver function, stabalise blood sugar and last but not least release «happy» brain chemicals.

These particles offer an excellent combination of properties, which include high strengths and toughness, abrasion resistance, chemical resistance, and resistance to cracking.

While study results indicated that combining capsaicin with the chemicals «might promote cancer cell survival,» the report clearly stated that the control group of mice treated only with capsaicin ``... did not induce any skin tumors...» In addition, the study repeatedly cited other research studies in which the anti-cancer properties of capsaicin were solidly demonstrated.

The Classic is filled with Sensifil ™ which is free from harmful chemicals; it has been certified by the certification body Allergy Standards for its anti-allergenic and anti-asthmatic properties.

Laundry detergents are usually composed of a whole variety of chemicals, all are chosen to serve a particular purpose such as fragrances, dyes and anti-microbial properties which are retained by the washed fabrics.

The Niagara Falls Water Board said it detected a water main break on the Goodyear chemical plant property in the City of Niagara Falls late Thursday night, which resulted in a loss of system pressure affecting local residential and commercial water customers in the service area.

The zinc that was present was enriched in the heavier and less - reactive isotopes, which are forms of these elements with different atomic mass but the same chemical properties.

These models utilize machine - learning techniques — the same ones used by companies like Netflix or Amazon that «learn» a customer's preferences and make recommendations based upon that data — in order to predict which chemical structures are likely to have the best overall CO2 absorption properties.

The pain - relieving and sleep - inducing properties of opium were well known to ancient healers, but which chemical was responsible for its effects?

Aerosol particles have different sizes, as well as chemical and physical properties, all of which determine their climate effects.

We are next hoping to transfer this model to more complex food systems, such as batters for crêpes or puff pastry, in which dozens of chemical compounds come into play and affect the formation and properties of these networks of rigidity.

11 Now we sort elements by their number of protons, or «atomic number,» which determines an atom's configuration of oppositely charged electrons and hence its chemical properties.

In particular, mechanical superimposition of the 2D crystals generates 2D periodic potentials which impart to system unconventional physical and chemical properties.

Surprisingly, tilivalline shares its chemical structure with a class of soil bacteria metabolites called pyrrolobenzodiazepines, which are already investigated and applied in clinical trials for their antitumor properties.

I had some advantages: First - principles electronic structure theory — in which the structure and properties of chemical compounds are calculated by solving the Schrödinger equation — had just matured enough to allow the study of materials that I thought might be good multiferroics candidates.

Before this happens, however, Earth's magnetic field can alter the relative alignment of the electrons» spins, which in turn alters the chemical properties of the molecules involved.

The BGSU team showed that following ultraviolet excitation of geminal tribromides, including bromoform, what looks like simple fission of a carbon - bromine bond at first look is in fact isomerization (the process by which one molecule is transformed into another molecule with exactly the same atoms but in a different arrangement, and with different chemical properties) at fairly large distances via roaming of the molecular fragments.

Advocates like Toogood insist that Dow Chemical, which bought Union Carbide in 2001, is responsible for the cleanup even though the site is now the property of the Indian government.

The solid phase extraction is the first step, which uses the special chemical properties of the preterm birth P1 peptide to concentrate and separate it from most of the other substances in a blood sample.

The team modified a n - type conjugated polymer with semi-fluoroalkyl side chains — which are found to have several unique properties, such as hydrophobicity, rigidity, thermal stability, chemical and oxidative resistance, and the ability to self - organize.

Because of this, the self - assembling ink provides an opportunity to control the chemical and physical properties during and after printing, which can be tuned to stimulate cell behaviour.»

«There is great interest in 3 - D printing of silicone rubber, or PDMS, which has a number of useful properties,» said Velev, INVISTA Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at NC State.

The researchers also found that in nerve cells that detect short sounds, that ability is amplified by electrical properties of the nerve cell membrane's ion channels, which allow the entry and exit of charged chemicals.

He wants to exploit DNA's unique chemical properties to process information like a computer (using novel scientific disciplines known as molecular programming and DNA computing) and even appropriate the DNA molecule as a scaffold on which to build useful structures.

Nocera says Harvard has licensed the intellectual property for the new technology to the Institute of Chemical Technology in Mumbai, India, which is working to scale up the technology for commercial use around the globe.

The material's exceptional mechanical and chemical properties are due to its very regular, hexagonal structure, which resembles microscopic chicken wire.

Synchrotron radiation can offer an evaluation of the main parameters, which can influence the physico - chemical properties and the performances of these materials.

As of this writing, there have been 168 chemicals nominated to the Candidate List, five of which were nominated based on their endocrine disrupting properties (Bis (2 - ethyl) phthalate (DEHP), 4 -(1,1,3,3 - tetramethylbutyl) phenol, 4 -(1,1,3,3 - tetramethylbutyl) phenol ethoxylated, 4 - Nonylphenol branched and linear, 4 - Nonylphenol branched and linear ethoxylated).

Adopting the scheme of chemical disorder, which has been proved to successfully capture the variety of eumelanin protomolecules, we show that (1) the formation process of eumelanin protomolecules from the constituting monomers is generally hindered in a solvent environment with respect to vacuum and (2) key factors in improving the adhesion properties and band lineup of the molecules on an inorganic interface are the molecular electronic state and the planarity of their structures.

Removing or adding an atom can greatly change the structure and behavior of the clusters, which are of interest to scientists for their potential to create materials with novel chemical, magnetic or optical properties.

I enjoyed so much to start thinking in the capability of small things to make a notable difference in biological systems, such as how the properties of the cell membranes are influenced by its chemical composition, and how the food chain is mainly supported by the photosynthesis reaction of plants and algae, which ultimately lead us to survive.

The 3 - D reconstruction reveals the arrangement of atoms in unprecedented detail, enabling the scientists to measure chemical order and disorder in individual grains, which sheds light on the material's properties at the single - atom level.

Bushdid said in vitro models are gaining momentum in toxicology, which provides scientific analysis of potentially hazardous chemicals and investigates the toxic properties of new substances being used in consumer products and industrial settings.

In a paper published in Chemical Science, an open access journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry, researchers in the lab of Ellen Matson, assistant professor of chemistry, describe modifying a metal - oxide cluster, which has promising electroactive properties, so that it is nearly twice as effective as the unmodified cluster for electrochemical energy storage in a redox flow battery.

«Separating americium is very challenging since actinides and fission products, specifically lanthanides, have very similar properties,» said ORNL organic chemist Santa Jansone - Popova, lead author of the study, which was published in the American Chemical Society journal Inorganic Chemistry.

Studying this complex chemistry may provide insights into the properties of Earth's very early atmosphere, which may have shared many chemical characteristics with present - day Titan.

Oxides have wide - ranging properties, making them useful for electronic and magnetic technologies, as well as for photocatalysts, which use light to speed up chemical reactions.

Although most aerosols are carried up by the same atmospheric circulation patterns, their chemical and physical properties determine whether or not they become «cloud condensation nuclei,» which are the points around which droplets form before they become cloud droplets.

The species vary in chemical structure, and the properties depend on which part of the plant it comes from.

This chemical, when heated, can create formaldehyde, which has carcinogenic properties.

Red peppers have a chemical known as dihydrocapsiate which is known for its metabolism - boosting properties.

There is no comparison to the store - bought versions which often contain MSG or other chemicals and which lack gelatin and some of the other health - boosting properties of homemade broth.