Scientists analysing samples from Mars» surface have so far not conclusively
detected organic compounds that are indigenous to Mars, which would be indicators of past or present life.
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has
detected organic compounds on Ceres — the first concrete proof of organics on an object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
If Pillinger's device
detects organic compounds that have more C - 12 than do inorganic carbonates in the same sample, that will be strong evidence that life was once present.
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Detecting organic compounds is more than a needle in a haystack,» says Grotzinger.
Not exact matches
iBaby Air is an indoor smart Wi - Fi air quality monitor and ion purifier that
detects volatile
organic compounds (VOCs) such as carbon monoxide, alcohol, and eight other elements.
iBaby Air is an indoor smart Wi - Fi air quality monitor and ion purifier that
detects volatile
organic compounds (VOCs) such as carbon monoxide, alcohol, and eighteen other elements.
A group of researchers at Osaka University, succeeded in producing nanostructured gas sensor devices for
detecting volatile
organic compounds (VOC) in breath for the purpose of healthcare in time equivalent to or shorter than one tenth of the time required for manufacturing conventional gas sensors.
at The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, succeeded in producing nanostructured gas sensor devices for
detecting volatile
organic compounds (VOC) in breath for the purpose of healthcare in time equivalent to or shorter than one tenth of the time required for manufacturing conventional gas sensors.
Plus, Fred Goesmann discusses Philae's bumpy landing on Comet 67P and the
organic compounds it
detected there.
«We also
detected other volatile
organic compounds.»
These highly sensitive artificial sense organs can reliably
detect gases of all kinds, from toxic carbon monoxide to carcinogenic
organic compounds, and can determine their concentrations quantitatively.
So - called extremely low - volatility
organic compounds, which are produced by plants, could be
detected for the first time during field and laboratory experiments in Finland and Germany.
Intriguingly, radioactive carbon was
detected, but then another experiment found no evidence of
organic compounds in the soil — there were no alien bodies.
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.
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.
Detecting biogenic
organic compounds in the atmosphere using land data and chemistry models helps describe atmospheric particle formation and air quality
While other species
detected in space are formed by gas - phase chemistry alone, or by a combination of both gas and solid - phase generation, methanol is a complex
organic compound which is formed solely in the ice phase via surface reactions on dust grains.
Also in 1940, he was the first to
detect the presence of matter in interstellar space when he identified the spectrum of the
organic compounds cyanogen («CN») and methyne («CH»).
Previous searches for
organic molecules in the LMC
detected small amounts of methanol, the parent molecule of the two newly - discovered
compounds.
Measurement of exhaled volatile
organic compounds to measure lung inflammation, and to
detect specific infections and cancers.
Dogs also are being used to
detect ovarian cancer by smelling «volatile
organic compounds» [source: MNT].
This
compound, which we identified as decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (or D5 siloxane), contains silicon, which uniquely differs from the
organic compounds we normally
detect.
The PTR - MS allows many volatile
organic compounds in ambient air to be
detected at levels from 10 — 100 parts per trillion by volume (pptv).
You can think of dogs as having two noses — the 300 million olfactory receptors and their Jacobson's organ — and this Synaptic Smelling System (my phrase, trademark pending) allows trained dogs to
detect odors called volatile
organic compounds.
It even had additional sensors for
detecting volatile
organic compounds (VOCs) in the air.