Sentences with phrase «engineers call light»
Most of these thermal systems are what engineers call light - water reactors.
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Not many CEOs have engineered the kind of transformation that van Houten has executed at Philips, steering the 126 - year - old Dutch firm through a «radical pivot,» as he calls it — transforming an Old World maker of electronics and lighting into a leader in health care technology.
The researchers engineered their transistor's base with microscopic pockets called quantum wells, which trap the electrons and release them as laser light.
When G - CSF activates its receptor, it ultimately activates proteins called STATs; the team engineered the cells to churn out the light - generating protein luciferase, which would be turned on by the STAT molecules.
Electrical engineer Stephen Forrest of the University of Michigan, chemist Mark Thompson of the University of Southern California and their colleagues created the so - called organic LED by combining two layers of phosphorescent diodes — to release green and red wavelength light — and one layer of a fluorescent diode to supply blue wavelength light.
The central pacemaker neurons were already known to have a light sensor called cryptochrome, but the ability of flies who were genetically engineered to lack cryptochrome to regulate light / dark cycles is only partially impaired.
The novel lenses are made from so - called metamaterials, engineered to control the way in which light waves interact (above).
Another limitation is that materials genomics has been hitherto applied almost exclusively to what engineers call functional materials — compounds that can perform a task such as absorbing light in a solar cell or letting electrical current pass in transistor.
General relativity expert Clifford Will, in a review of gravity's light - bending history, calls him an «electrical engineer.»
Engineers shine a pattern of UV light into a bath of liquid building blocks, which connects and hardens the building blocks into this criss - cross shape, called a «microlattice.»
Kaufman and colleagues engineered the fish so that individual cells would light up in fluorescent green if a gene called crestin was turned on — a «beacon» indicating activation of a genetic program characteristic of stem cells.
Researchers have engineered the genomes of mice so they have a light - sensitive inhibitory molecule that can shut down the wakefulness - promoting properties of neurons called hypocretin cells.
Using a technique called optogenetics, they were able to turn on genetically engineered brain cells in rats using a blue light delivered directly to those cells via an optic fiber.
Mafi, an associate professor of electrical engineering, and graduate research associate Karbasi harnessed a phenomenon called «Anderson localization» to design an optical fiber with a strong scattering mechanism that traps a beam of light as it traverses the fiber.
In this technique, researchers engineer mice to express light - sensitive proteins called opsins.
The findings are important because of mistakes made in what traffic engineers call the «dilemma zone» — the area in which a driver isn't sure whether to stop or keep going when the light turns yellow.
To find out, Leifer and his collaborators genetically engineered the one - millimeter - long nematode worm to make particular cells in its body sensitive to light, a technique called optogenetics, developed in recent years by Stanford University psychiatrist and bioengineer Karl Deisseroth [see Deisseroth's «Controlling the Brain with Light,» Scientific American, November 2light, a technique called optogenetics, developed in recent years by Stanford University psychiatrist and bioengineer Karl Deisseroth [see Deisseroth's «Controlling the Brain with Light,» Scientific American, November 2Light,» Scientific American, November 2010].
In the fall of 2004, Anikeeva began doctoral work in optoelectronics at MIT under the supervision of electrical engineer Vladimir Bulović, developing a class of light - emitting devices based on nanomaterials called quantum dots, which are used in displays.
Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler are finally jumping on board for the Society of Automotive Engineers» (SAE) universal standard for light - duty pickup tow ratings, called J2807.
Lighter, more powerful, more focused and more fun, the new 675LT is the result of McLaren's engineers putting the 650S back through what it calls the «the loop» to improve on every area it felt needed attention.
Instead he teamed up with engineer and machinist Stuart Heys and electrical engineer Mark Sibenac to create a simple, elegant aluminum back light called the Blink / Steady.
Traditional engineering calls for one set of cabling for security systems, another for surveillance / CCTV, yet another for lighting, one for HVAC, then
The film has some tough competition — Mad Max: Fury Road and The Hateful Eight are among the other nominees — but the joke in some circles has always been that the Oscar for Best Cinematography might as well be called the Gorgeous Landscapes Award, and that, combined with Lubezki's bold decision to shoot only with natural light, makes The Revenant seem outright engineered for a win.
Responsible for managing the Philips Lighting annual revenue stream of $ 28 + million in Florida through a team of agent representatives calling on national accounts wholesale distributors utility's Government Municipalities architects specifiers and engineers.
• Lighting — general, specialist and emergency back up • Filter changes AHUs / FCUs • Wiring • Testing + Inspecting — fixed wire and PAT • Alarm systems — fire, nurse call etc You must also be willing to work on other areas of maintenance such as basic mechanical or fabric as needed (although there are specific engineers on site with these skills so it will be infrequent).