Sentences with phrase «in air chemistry»

The changes in air chemistry impacted the number of bees able to detect food sources in a given time frame.
«Without the new computing power made possible by Yellowstone, you can not depict the necessary detail of future changes in air chemistry over small areas, including the urban centers where most Americans live.»

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«Cuberg's battery technology has some of the highest energy density we've seen in the marketplace, and its unique chemistries could prove to be a safe, stable solution for future electric air transportation,» said Steve Nordlund, vice president of Boeing HorizonX.
In fact, calculating the probability of a particle of Caesar's dying breath appearing in any given liter of air (the volume of a deep breath) has become a classic exercise for chemistry and physics studentIn fact, calculating the probability of a particle of Caesar's dying breath appearing in any given liter of air (the volume of a deep breath) has become a classic exercise for chemistry and physics studentin any given liter of air (the volume of a deep breath) has become a classic exercise for chemistry and physics students.
Dr. Lawrence earned his doctorate in physical chemistry in 1965 from OSU, but he died in a tragic accident on 8 December 1967, at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
The device uses solar electricity from a photovoltaic panel to power the chemistry that splits water into oxygen and hydrogen, then adds pre-starved microbes to feed on the hydrogen and convert CO2 in the air into alcohol fuels.
And if it is exposed to air the body will tend to be kind of basic in it's chemistry, more to the base side, and if it is buried, it would be more acidic.
The team found that zapping mixtures of air with electricity, which simulates the chemistry of the upper atmosphere, could produce enriched levels of 15N15N like they measured in air samples.
If that's the case, and a lot more research needs to be done to determine that, then there's a simple solution to sick building syndrome: «You can shut this chemistry down by simply getting rid of the ozone,» Weschler notes, which can be accomplished with a simple charcoal filter in HVAC (heating, ventilating and air - conditioning) systems — a remedy currently being considered as a guideline by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air - Conditioning Engineeair - conditioning) systems — a remedy currently being considered as a guideline by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air - Conditioning EngineeAir - Conditioning Engineers.
A chemistry professor in Florida has just found a way to trigger the process of photosynthesis in a synthetic material, turning greenhouse gases into clean air and producing energy all at the same time.
«There is a link between the chemistry that goes on in this type of air motion and the subsequent effects on the trace gases and aerosols in the atmosphere that ultimately impact climate.»
Using a computer model that fused air pollution and atmospheric chemistry data, they estimated what annual average levels of ozone (a key smog ingredient) and fine particulates smaller than 2.5 microns (PM2.5) were in 2010 within 100 - km - by -100-km grid squares across the world.
The data was analyzed using the ISORROPIA - II thermodynamic chemistry model, which was developed by one of the co-authors and is widely used in air quality and climate modeling worldwide.
P.V. Ramachandran, professor of organic chemistry in the Department of Chemistry, and graduate assistant Ameya S. Kulkarni have discovered a way to produce amine - boranes in an open - air environment using cheaper and more plentiful chemicals that have not been used before.
The determination arose from nearly 2 months of air chemistry analyses on board the rover, during which time it also observed dramatic spikes in methane concentrations.
Stories on how making lab animals happy may make them better experimental models, and the chemistry that's happening in the air and on surfaces in our homes
Measuring pH lets us monitor the carbon cycle, which underpins the basic chemistry of the ocean and generation of oxygen in the air.
By engineering breaking waves of natural ocean water under purified air in the lab, they were able to isolate and analyze aerosols from the spray and determine how life within the water altered the chemistry of the particles.
Although basic aerospace research in areas like atmospheric chemistry and aerodynamics doesn't pay technological dividends right away, it leads to new technologies for the Air Force in the long term, Zare argues.
«Ozone and nitric oxide are both contributors to urban smog, so depending on how well a city is able to mitigate air pollution, ethanol may not be the «green fuel» that it is often called,» said Geiger, professor of chemistry in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences.
So much of the chemistry is done by the laser, which generates graphene in the open air at room temperature.
«Carbon - reduction policies significantly improve air quality,» says Noelle Selin, an assistant professor of engineering systems and atmospheric chemistry at MIT, and co-author of a study published today in Nature Climate Change.
It conducts interdisciplinary, peer - reviewed studies related to air pollution and greenhouse gases in China, from root causes in the energy demands to power its economy, to the chemistry and transport of pollutants in the atmosphere, to their impacts on public health, to policies to protect air quality and limit climate change.
Detecting biogenic organic compounds in the atmosphere using land data and chemistry models helps describe atmospheric particle formation and air quality
These components — specifically aerosols (particulates in the air — dust, soot, sulphates, nitrates, pollen etc.) and atmospheric chemistry (ozone, methane)-- are both affected by climate and affect climate, since aerosols and ozone can interact, absorb, reflect or scatter solar and thermal radiation.
Efforts to preserve the environment, our air, water, land and climate, are made possible in large part thanks to the innovative products of chemistry.
Basic and applied research in air physics and chemistry ensure the high quality of our services.
The study shows that during drilling, as much as 34 grams of methane per second were spewing into the air from seven natural gas well pads in southwest Pennsylvania — up to 1,000 times the EPA estimate for methane emissions during drilling, Purdue atmospheric chemistry professor and study lead author Paul Shepson said in a statement.
Jennifer Lopez and Ralph Fiennes (in what feels like a rare turn) have palpable chemistry, and the film is shot with the sweeping air of off your feet romance that we desperately want to see in our romantic comedies.
A solar - panel system generates enough electricity to power 24 classrooms, a courtyard greenhouse shelters vegetables and native prairie Illinois grass, a small «living wall» of plants filters air and water in a freshman biology classroom, and a handcrafted biodiesel production facility provides a living lab for chemistry students and fuel for one of Bloom's minibuses.
In the far future, other novel battery technologies (e.g. zinc - air, lithium - sulphur, lithium - air) may become competitive for use in electric vehicles, and can theoretically deliver higher energy densities than lithium - ion chemistries are capable oIn the far future, other novel battery technologies (e.g. zinc - air, lithium - sulphur, lithium - air) may become competitive for use in electric vehicles, and can theoretically deliver higher energy densities than lithium - ion chemistries are capable oin electric vehicles, and can theoretically deliver higher energy densities than lithium - ion chemistries are capable of.
He has seven years operation and maintenance experience at coal and gas thermal power stations, and he has worked in water / boiler chemistry, ambient air and stack flue gas monitoring and analysis, oil and lubricant, and coal sampling.
New technology, such as the Carnegie Airborne Observatory is reaching performance levels that can help in monitoring tropical canopy chemistry and diversity from the air.
Cathrine Lund Myhre holds a phD in physical chemistry from University of Oslo, Norway and she has been employed at NILU - Norwegian Institute for air research since 2005.
There is no such thing as a GHGE in the laws of chemistry because there is no effect, or it would need be consulted when calculating the temperature of a gas, or standard atmospheric air.
There's also a reason you don't want to talk about atmospheric chemistry proper, as it's in all the textbooks on earth, regarding calculation of the temperature of gases and air.
What you ARE missing — is the capacity to point to the place in chemistry where, to calculate the temperature of any volume of gas or standard atmospheric air,
Thus Lovelock argued, «if life has merely a passive role in cycling the gases of the air, then the concentrations will be set by equilibrium chemistry; in fact they most certainly are not.»
Transport and scavenging of chemical constituents in deep convection is important to understanding the composition of the troposphere and therefore chemistry - climate and air quality issues.
FMI implements method that improves current understanding of air chemistry in boreal forests, which will help to improve predictions of global climate models in the future.
Gases suspended in air dissolve into sea water and disrupt the normal chemistry of oceans.
In spite of these obstacles, Argonne refers to rechargeable lithium - air batteries as «the ultimate battery chemistry,» because «a rechargeable Lithium / Air battery can potentially store ten times the energy of a Lithium / Ion battery of the same weight, making practical widespread use of fully electric cars.&raqair batteries as «the ultimate battery chemistry,» because «a rechargeable Lithium / Air battery can potentially store ten times the energy of a Lithium / Ion battery of the same weight, making practical widespread use of fully electric cars.&raqAir battery can potentially store ten times the energy of a Lithium / Ion battery of the same weight, making practical widespread use of fully electric cars.»
January 10, 2008 — Zigzagging some 60,000 kilometers across ocean floors, earth's system of mid-ocean ridges plays a pivotal role in many workings of the planet — from its plate - tectonic movements to heat flow from the interior, and the chemistry of rock, water and air...
Hard - working environmental engineer with the ability to combine biology and chemistry in order to develop solutions to resolve environmental problems; with twelve years experience in water and air pollution control, waste disposal and waste management issues
The research seeks to determine how emissions, chemistry and meteorology combine to affect regional air quality and climate in the Southeastern United States.
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