Sentences with phrase «driven by chemical»

Your brain's pleasure center (aka ventral tegmental area, or VTA, and nucleus accumbens, or NA) is the root of all behavior, driven by chemical messengers that are intimately tied into the energy processes I have outlined above.

(A) Such a molecule that functions as a molecular rotor driven by chemical energy [1].

Likewise, the production and destruction of oxygen, ozone, and methane is driven by chemical reactions powered by light, making the type of star important to consider as well.

Information flow is driven by the chemical interactions of the individual components, which ideally should affect only other specific components.

True love — Driven by chemicals called nonapeptides, this stage ensures a deep bond between you and your partner — nature's way of keeping you together to take care of your kids until they're grown up, Nour said.

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These excellent results are supported by the success of our innovation drive in advanced materials, the benefits of increased production capacities in specialty molecular sieves in France and PVDF in China last year, the integration of XL Brands in adhesives and the confirmation of the very good performance of our intermediate chemical businesses.

Much of the progress has been driven by large companies such as Dow Chemical and DuPont (NYSE: DD).

Dow Chemical said Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, it posted a loss in the fourth - quarter despite slightly better revenue, weighed down by a one - time charge that drove up income taxes.

The origin of chemical coherence envisioned by Kauffman can be seen as related to the origin of coherent molecular motion in heat - driven convection.

Global trade in natural ingredients has increased dramatically in the last years, a growth driven by consumers that looks forward to safer cosmetics free of harmful chemicals.

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Formalin, which is a chemical used to prevent dead bodies from decomposing, is allegedly being used by the traders to preserve the fish; thus making it stiff, have a rubbery feel, clear eyes, red gills and take away its odour as well as drive away flies.

They are the product of a narrow, top - down approach driven not by the needs of farmers, consumers or the environment, but of seed and chemical companies driven by profit.

But if the water was produced by chemical reactions driven by the solar wind, it is much more recent.

The UMD and UMB team, led by research associate Eunkyoung Kim, used a discovery - driven approach based on the assumptions that chemical biomarkers relating to oxidative stress could be found in blood, and that they could be measured by common electrochemical instruments.

By redirecting that energy to a genetically modified part of the cell capable of producing various complex chemical materials, we induce the light driven biosynthesis of these compounds,» says Post Doc Agnieszka Janina Zygadlo Nielsen, who along with colleagues Post Doc Thiyagarajan Gnanasekaran and PhD student Artur Jacek Wlodarczyk has been the main researcher behind the study.

The BPEC cell developed by the researchers is based on the naturally occurring process of photosynthesis in plants, in which light drives electrons that produce storable chemical energetic molecules, that are the fuels of all cells in the animal and plant worlds.

This report was authored by Genevieve Cullen, vice president, Electric Drive Transportation Association; Alan Epstein, vice president, technology and environment, Pratt & Whitney; paul Genoa, director, policy development, Nuclear Energy Institute; Daniel Ingersoll, program manager, nuclear technology, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Connie L. Lausten, principal, cLausten LLC; Jeffrey Stein, mechanical engineer, University of Michigan; Amadeu K. Sum, chemical engineer, Colorado School of Mines; Donald Weeks, biochemist, University of Nebraska at Lincoln

For its food, the artificial pump draws power from chemical reactions, driving molecules step - by - step from a low - energy state to a high - energy state — far away from equilibrium.

Driven by revelations of lead in children's toys, hormone - mimicking chemicals in plastic baby bottles and controversial flame - retardants in furniture, state environmental officials drafted a set of rules aimed at products with chemicals that have been linked to illness or abnormal development

LA's smog is caused by sunlight driving chemical reactions between oxygen, nitrogen compounds and hydrocarbons in the lower atmosphere.

These chemicals, called cytokines, drive the inflammation in the brain, attracting more immune cells, and causing the debilitating disease marked by loss of neurological function.

The growing restrictions drove the older industries in the chemical, petroleum and pharmaceutical fields to protect their business interests by opposing new regulations.

Surprisingly, circular RNAs — are among the most abundant non-coding RNAs in cells, driven in part by the molecules» unusual chemical stability.

The researchers engineered a strain in which a Synechococcus gene normally turned on during photosynthesis signals its activity by switching on the gene for luciferase, an enzyme from another bacterium that drives a light - emitting chemical reaction.

There, the chemicals are being liberated from the surfaces of ice grains where they were forged by light - driven reactions, he notes.

By isolating mechanical and biological variables one by one in vitro, Mooney and his research team have discovered how the physical forces and chemical environment in those dense tissues can drive cells into a dangerously invasive, proliferating modBy isolating mechanical and biological variables one by one in vitro, Mooney and his research team have discovered how the physical forces and chemical environment in those dense tissues can drive cells into a dangerously invasive, proliferating modby one in vitro, Mooney and his research team have discovered how the physical forces and chemical environment in those dense tissues can drive cells into a dangerously invasive, proliferating mode.

The formula, based on established physics, indicates that when a group of atoms is driven by an external source of energy (like the sun or chemical fuel) and surrounded by a heat bath (like the ocean or atmosphere), it will often gradually restructure itself in order to dissipate increasingly more energy.

They would freeze there instantly, he surmised, creating another kind of environment in which chemical reactions, driven by starlight, could take place.

The team notes that the results of their study suggest that current means of testing and approving food additives may not be adequate to prevent use of chemicals that promote diseases driven by low - grade inflammation and / or which will cause disease primarily in susceptible hosts.

A detonation sweeps through an explosive as a supersonic shock wave driven by the energy - releasing chemical reactions the wave induces.

Since joining ACC in 2008, Dooley has enhanced member value and strengthened the competitive position of U.S. chemical manufacturers by advocating for a business and regulatory climate that drives innovation, supports job growth and enhances safety.

We present the idea that the physical and chemical processes in brown dwarf disks are similar to those that occur in T Tauri disks, because our models suggest that these smaller disks are driven by the same chemical processes.

The first mechanism involves chemical alteration driven by the types of minerals present and by the diverse and abundant microbial community, which both stabilizes and releases carbon.

By spurring the development of cellulosic biorefineries that will produce the fuels and chemicals we need and use, we are driving the economy and addressing a critical societal need.»

In the case of graphene and glass, the bimorphs also fold in response to chemical stimuli by driving large ions into the glass, causing it to expand.

A bimorph is an assembly of two materials — in this case, graphene and glass — that bends when driven by a stimulus like heat, a chemical reaction or an applied voltage.

While they're essential to manufacturing everything from the case around your cell phone to the gas in your car, catalysts — molecules that drive chemical reactions but aren't consumed by them — are not always well understood.

Chemical induction of Nrf2 - dependent gene activation is often described as being driven by compounds with electrophilic groups.

This type of cooperative chemical communication, in which a molecule binding at one site influences chemical activity at another site on the enzyme, is driven by structural and bonding changes and affects the function of the biocatalysts.

The field of epigenetics provides crucial understanding about the ways that changes to genes caused by environmental factors drive disease, specifically chemical modifications on DNA and surrounding proteins that can alter the ways in which genes are expressed, even without the gene itself experiencing a mutation.

In addition to its role in the immune system, zinc also reduces oxidative stress, plays a structural role by stabilizing proteins, regulates the expression of many genes, and drives hundreds of chemical reactions in the body.

«Once you wipe a lot of the bad bacteria and the yeast in your gut — because your addictions are driven in part just by the chemicals they release — it feels miraculous,» she writes.

The district is bolstered by the $ 9 billion Eastman Chemical Company, a sprawling plastics plant that drives the economy of the sleepy working - class city.

The likes of Green Hill, Chemical Plant and the Sky Sanctuary are inspired by the 2D Mega Drive games, whilst the 3D levels include stages from the likes of Sonic Adventure, Sonic Unleashed and Sonic Colours.

Its loose abstracted plot follows the chemical, mental, and machine - driven torture of a person, played by Galas and Salvatore Bevilacqua, following the character's capture for treason.

Ocean acidification comes from GHGs, but not eutrophication which is driven primarily by chemical and soil runoff which comes from ignorance of natural systems design and the dysfunctional food system.

But eliminating a handful of chemicals produced by a handful of companies is a very different challenge than eliminating emissions from almost every activity of modern life — from turning on a lamp to driving a car.

Accelerating the Deployment of Plug - in EVs: Accelerating the Deployment of Plug - in Electric Vehicles in Canada and Ontario is the result of a collaborative study undertaken by Bruce Power, Plug»n Drive, Pollution Probe and the University of Waterloo's Department of Chemical Engineering.

The high temperatures are required to drive the chemical reactions to split the H2O and CO2 into the mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, with a separate stream of pure oxygen by - product,» Furler explained.