Sentences with phrase «containing organic compounds»

In 2005, Cassini spotted geysers blasting from Enceladus» southern reaches, and when the spacecraft passed through the spray, it detected water and carbon - containing organic compounds.
The big problem, however, is that the authors have shown that the organism takes up arsenic, but they «haven't unambiguously identified any arsenic - containing organic compounds,» says Roger Summons, a biogeochemist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge.
In 2012 the Mars Science Laboratory Mission detected chlorinated organic matter, but they thought that the analysis process, which involved heating chlorine containing minerals and carbonaceous material together, was producing chlorine - containing organic compounds.
The researchers reported finding several amino acids, as well as nitrogen - containing organic compounds called amines, on the foil in 2008.
I also knew that the MMR was a shot under scrutiny about the link of thimerosal (a mercury - containing organic compound) in this and various vaccines and its link to autism.
The crib mattresses analyzed in this study did not contain those organic compounds.
By simply adding the starting compounds, Cronin's team could synthesize a variety of simple compounds, including a ring - containing organic compound called ethylbenzene.
The crib mattresses analyzed in this study did not contain those organic compounds.
Does it contain organic compounds?
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Dust build - up on your house plant leaves often contains organic compounds that insects can feed on.

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That's because it contains a variety of organic sulfur compounds in a volatile oil, which provide certain health benefits.
For instance, if a product has carbon containing compounds, it can be classed as organic, despite containing harmful synthetic ingredients.
Depending on what the mother has been exposed to in her environment, breast milk can contain concerning levels of organic compounds like PCBs, as well as heavy metals and hormone - disrupters.
Paint: Choose water - based paint, ideally one that contains low levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) or none at all.
One case is against Abbott Laboratories alleging its Similac Advance organic infant formula contains 26 (more than half) ingredients not allowed in organic products; specifically: «irradiated substances, synthetic compounds, or produced from hazardous substances.»
In fact, the E.P.A. says the lake that Martens bobbed around in for about ten minutes while wearing a life jacket contains the following substances: «mercury, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); pesticides; creosotes; heavy metals including lead, cobalt, and mercury; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as chlorobenzene.»
A rover would scratch out a trench to expose the Martian subsurface and put down a clear plastic cup containing water and organic compounds, inverted like a tiny biodome.
The vapor accompanying these particles was mostly water but contained trace amounts of simple organic compounds, as well as carbon dioxide and ammonia — all ingredients important for the sustenance and even origin of life.
Get this: it's an all organic compound that contains no metal.
The researchers, who released their findings in the current issue of the Journal of Functional Foods, suggest that cruciferous vegetables — such as broccoli, brussels sprouts and cabbage — contain an organic chemical compound called indole glucosinolates, which breaks down into other compounds, including indolocarbazole — ICZ — in the stomach.
The acids form when organic, carbon - containing compounds and water are zapped with a source of energy, such as photons — a process that can take place on Earth or in space.
One gallon of typical domestic wastewater contains enough organic compounds and nitrogen to power a 100 - watt lightbulb for five minutes.
The organic (carbon - containing) compounds they studied in that patch of Colorado forest play a key role in atmospheric chemical processes that can affect air quality, the health of the ecosystem, and the climate itself.
But before life arose, nitrogen fixation must have occurred via purely chemical means: That's because amino acids and nucleic acids, which both contain nitrogen, were likely the organic compounds that developed into Earth's first lifeforms.
With many sources of pollution in some parts of the world, however, air pollution also can contain a mix of hazardous gaseous molecules, such as carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, sulfur dioxide and other volatile organic compounds.
A more detailed analysis of the organic compounds contained in such plumes, which is the goal of proposed future missions, would constitute «the first step toward answering the question of whether life exists inside the subsurface of Enceladus,» McKay says.
Hayes and his colleagues looked at organic compounds from sediments formed between 1.8 billion and 550 million years ago, and found that simple hydrocarbons from the sediments contained more carbon - 13 than more complex organic molecules.
It also red flags varieties known to contain high levels of mercury, a metal associated with neurological problems and birth defects, as well as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organic compounds that are assumed carcinogens and have also been linked to reproductive problems.
Each hole contained a mini «taste bud» — a polystyrene resin bead, each coated with one of five organic compounds that change color when they react chemically with different types of substances.
Substrate molecules, such as organic compounds containing double bonds, can extract oxygen atoms from this bank to produce oxidized products.
Isaacman - VanWertz is particularly focused on studying the way the atmosphere interacts with organic compounds — the carbon - containing compounds that make up all living things.
Other meteorites — including Murray, which landed in Kentucky in 1950, and Allende, which made landfall in Mexico in 1969 — have been shown to contain similar organic compounds.
Analysis indicates that the rock contains millions of organic compounds, including amino acids that could not have come from terrestrial contamination.
The reason, according to the research published in the journal Human Reproduction (pdf): soy beans contain high amounts of phytoestrogens, organic compounds that mimic the female hormone estrogen in the human body and, in animal studies, have been shown to reduce testosterone levels.
The researchers tested a variety of solutions containing the soil bacteria Geobacter sulfurreducens and Thiobacillus denitrificans, which thrive by eating acetate (an organic compound that makes vinegar sour) and nitrate (a negatively - charged molecule of biologically available nitrogen and oxygen), respectively, when they can find a spare electron or two.
Instead of metal, this compound contains organic molecules called nitroxides.
Nitrogen - containing compounds of this sort are especially interesting because they may have played a role in forming organic compounds involved in the origin of life.
Each time the chemists add a head, body or tail to a sample of beads, they also attach simple organic compounds called ketones containing carbon atom chains of varying lengths.
The issue for scientists has been that it is not easy to look at simple chlorine - containing organic molecules and determine the origin of the organic compound components.
In a separate study, researchers report that all samples drawn from 45 crocodiles at five sites in and around South Africa's Kruger National Park contained detectable levels of four PFAAs, often in different combinations with other of the 15 fluorinated organic compounds tracked.
Here's why bourbon might hurt more: many alcoholic beverages contain byproducts of fermentation called congeners, complex organic compounds that in large doses can have toxic effects.
Any antibiotic containing a beta - lactam ring made up of organic compounds falls under this category.
Situated 150 light - years from Earth, HD 209458b is a planet that holds traces of water vapor in its atmosphere, and also contains basic organic compounds that, on Earth, foster the development of life.
The team injected citric, adipic, and fulvic acid into the chamber as seed aerosols, and then introduced a secondary organic aerosol from α - pinene, a carbon - containing compound derived from pine trees.
Two meteorites that fell in 1998 were found to contain traces of liquid water and organic compounds vital to life.
They usually take the form of chloroplasts, which like cyanobacteria contain chlorophyll and produce organic compounds (such as glucose) through photosynthesis.
A large fraction of the injected water returns to the surface as wastewater containing high concentrations of heavy metals, oils, greases and soluble organic compounds [161].
Mattresses that contain these substances can release VOCs (volatile organic compounds) and PCBEs into the air (and into the body) during sleep.
Proteins: Here is the technical definition: - Any of a group of complex organic compounds, consisting essentially of combinations of amino acids in peptide linkages, that contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and usually sulfur.
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