Sentences with phrase «facilitate chemical reactions»

«Our metabolism is dependent on enzymes that facilitate chemical reactions in our bodies and these enzymes are made of proteins,» explains Fahad.

These minerals are needed to maintain the balance of fluid, facilitate chemical reactions, as well as muscle contraction and relaxation.

It normally reaches its widest extent in the southern hemisphere in the spring (August and September), as extreme cold temperatures in the stratosphere facilitate chemical reactions on the surface of polar stratospheric clouds.

Scientists at the University of Toronto have found a way to make catalysis - the use of catalysts to facilitate chemical reactions - more selective, breaking one chemical bond 100 times faster than another.

For thousands of years, micro-organisms have been used to facilitate chemical reactions — in beer brewing, for example.

Not exact matches

The technique, described recently in the journal Science, paves the way toward other new chemical reactions and facilitates the synthesis of pharmaceutically - relevant molecules.

A material that facilitates (increases the speed and likelihood of) a chemical reaction.

Platinum is used as a catalyst in fuel cells, in automobile converters and in the chemical industry because of its remarkable ability to facilitate a wide range of chemical reactions.

In each step, the body performs chemical reactions that facilitate break down.

Folate facilitates many important chemical reactions within the body that help prevent cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's, depression and osteoporosis, along with neural tube defects and infertility.

It forms muscle, skin and bone and comprises enzymes that facilitate crucial chemical reactions.