Sentences with phrase «for microscopic particles»

Hence all the work now going into designing «particulate traps» for the microscopic particles of carbon and other organic matter found in a diesel exhaust.

Not exact matches

Physics also deals separately with the microscopic — the individual movements of particles in a gas, say — and the macroscopic, for example when the sum...

In fact, putting aside microscopic processes happening inside atoms, everything we see can be accounted for in terms of particles interacting through just gravity and electromagnetism.

Quantum mechanics describes a crazy microscopic world where particles whiz around at blistering speeds and routinely violate the classical laws of physics we take for granted.

In a series of papers, Firestone and his colleagues claimed various kinds of evidence for the hypothesis, including deposits of the element iridium (rare on Earth but abundant in meteorites), microscopic diamonds (called nanodiamonds), and magnetic particles in deposits at sites supposedly dated to about 12,800 years ago.

London's Black Cabs exposed passengers to an average of more than 108,000 ultrafine particles — microscopic soot 10,000 times smaller than a centimeter that is particularly dangerous because of its ability to penetrate deep into the lungs — for every cubic centimeter traveled.

Pohlker, Andreae, and their colleagues ran the numbers and found that the amount of potassium particles released from microscopic fungi in the lab was indeed enough to account for the concentration of potassium they observed in their samples.

Researchers may have come a step closer to producing diverse microscopic and nanoscale particles for high - tech materials and drug delivery.

Sophisticated microscopic instruments were used to look for iron - containing nanoscale particles — specifically locating them from thousands of aerosol particles.

an open source suite of classes and programs implemented in C++ for single particle electron microscopic image processing.

One of those complex interactions is aerosols, the microscopic particles of dust, soot, and chemicals dispersed in the atmosphere that scatter or absorb sunlight and act as seeds for cloud formation.

Microscopic live cell analyses of blood taken from individuals who have detoxed using food - grade diatomaceous earth for many months display little evidence that the particles make their way intact into the blood.

As any light hits the bamboo silica in this matte foundation formula, the microscopic particles will bounce light away from the face, resulting in a red - carpet - worthy filter for skin.

The microscopic skin particles that are cast off by dogs, cats, hamsters and other pets are known as dander, and can quickly spread throughout your home and cause allergic reactions for anyone who has a pet allergy.

For decades, fierce winds have dislodged microscopic particles from the lakebed, creating carcinogenic dust storms.

, but it is the foundation for this question itself: How do microscopic material properties (which are the basis for macroscopic properties) arise from quantum mechanical properties of fundamental particles and atoms?

When the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in San Francisco tested the effluent of eight Bay Area wastewater treatment plants last year, they «found that 80 percent of the microplastics and other microscopic particles were fibers.»

A suspension of microscopic liquid and solid particles in the atmosphere for at least a few hours.

Several proposals call for injecting microscopic particles, called aerosols, into the stratosphere, the quiet region of the atmosphere above the troposphere about 18 kilometers up from the equator.

Plastics linger for years polluting, collecting other pollutants on their surface and shedding microscopic particles, which are now found in many water systems and the food chain.

Wind, sun, and waves grind down large - scale plastic artifacts, leaving the seas full of microscopic plastic particles that will eventually rain down on the ocean floor, creating a layer that could persist for geological timescales.

It's the microscopic plastic particles, small as a grain of salt, which fish mistake for food.