Sentences with phrase «detect trace chemical»

It is quite probable that Earth 2.0 will be hundreds or even thousands of light years away; too far from us to detect trace chemical «biosignatures» that would suggest life.

Not exact matches

Traces of phthalates, a chemical found in food packaging and equipment, were detected in products of powdered macaroni and cheese mixes, according to a study by the Coalition for Safer Food Processing & Packaging.

Traces of the industrial chemical melamine have been detected in samples of top - selling U.S. infant formula, but federal regulators insist the products are safe.

The first applications of frequency combs focused on detecting trace amounts of chemicals and high precision time - keeping.

A pair of scientists reported at the American Chemical Society meeting here today that they've developed a machine that in just minutes can detect trace compounds in the breath and diagnose diseases such as diabetes, kidney failure, ulcers, and possibly even cancer.

Puma navigates and hunts for hydrothermal vents using chemical sniffers and lasers to detect smoke traces.

Because of graphene's chemical inertness and biocompatibility, the team expects that the new technique will be effective in detecting trace amounts of organic molecules.

The ability to accurately measure tiny displacements of microscopic bodies has applications in sensing trace amounts of hazardous biological or chemical agents, perfecting the movement of miniature robots, accurately deploying airbags and detecting extremely weak sound waves traveling through thin films.

He has found a new way to use infrared lasers to detect even trace amounts of chemicals in the air.

However, many life - detecting experiments rely on picking up whiffs of gas or traces of chemicals rather than finding life itself.

Tampons absorb traces of laundry detergent, toothpaste, cleaners and other whitening chemicals, enabling scientists to detect sources of sewage pollution

Scientists were able to detect traces of 163 of those compounds, including mercury, flame retardants, DDT, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and phthalates (a pervasive chemical that makes plastics soft and facilitates the addition of scents to shampoos, soaps, lotions, and deodorants).

Finally, ATLAST will have the potential to aide in the discovery of life in our galactic neighborhood, by detecting certain trace chemicals in the atmospheres of Earth - like planets.

A new method that can detect even trace amounts of chemicals in the air could be the key to stopping chemical and biological warfare attacks.

It's a chemical found only in the amoebocytes of its blood cells that can detect mere traces of bacterial presence and trap -LSB-...]

But the research detected no trace of the chemicals injected into or removed from wells during the drilling process called hydraulic fracturing or «fracking.»

Rapid identification of trace gases — offered by IRcell — is critical when working to detect toxic industrial chemicals, disease indicators or when monitoring for the proliferation of nuclear or chemical weapons.

One Colorado - based technology company, Isonics Corp., recently designed a handheld and panel mounted chemical detection unit that could help commercial landlords detect trace amounts of nerve gas and homemade explosives in their buildings.