Sentences with word «inorganics»

Organic agriculture embraces natural systems of production, and we support continued research to utilize natural systems to minimize levels of inorganic arsenic in the food supply.

The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) recently proposed levels of inorganic arsenic in rice that «occurs naturally» and thus are exempt from the Proposition 65 warning requirement.

Dr. Haber's research interests are centered on developing methods in Inorganic Materials Chemistry and in Combinatorial and High - Throughput Materials Science, especially as applied to materials and devices for solar - energy conversion.

Deep water often contains a lot of dissolved inorganic carbon from sinking organic matter which would be released by the process, and so would greatly reduce, if not eliminate, any benefits.

The conversion of solar energy into chemical energy and building material from inorganic compounds by oxygenic photosynthesis supports much of the life on this planet.

Dartmouth researchers found cereal bars with inorganic arsenic levels raining from 23 to 128 ppb.

Many bacteria and archaea, another type of single - celled organism, use chemolithotrophy to get their energy from inorganic compounds such as ammonia in anoxic, extreme environments.

These industries are loading our environment with inorganic forms of mercury that are then converted in the soil and water to a type of mercury called methylmercury (MeHg)-- which then accumulates in the fish you eat.

Distilled water is also great at dissolving inorganic mineral substances lodged in the tissues of the body so that such substances can be eliminated in the process of purifying the body.

A lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court claims that some California wines tested for inorganic arsenic contain higher - than - allowable levels.

As inorganic mercury in our air, soil and water enters the oceans, aquatic microbes convert it to methylmercury — a form readily absorbed by sea life.

But mercury levels in your urine reflect the mercury coming from your dental fillings (plus some of the fish - based methylmercury that has broken down into inorganic mercury).

Although much progress has been made in recent years in the development of catalysts devoid of noble metals, photosensitizers still rely, in the main, on molecular compounds containing rare and costly metals, such as ruthenium and iridium, or on inorganic semiconductor materials containing cadmium, a toxic metal.

In optical fibres, where second harmonic generation has a practical application, engineers work with inorganic salts such as potassium dihydrogenposphate and lithium niobate.

One compound, nitrate, is a major component of inorganic fertilizers that has helped make the area encompassed by the Mississippi River network the biggest producer of corn, soybeans, wheat, cattle and hogs, in the United States.

The work is sometimes partially submerged, depending on the lake's water levels, and the salt crystals that grow on it represent a process of inorganic growth.

In this study we combined results from various in - situ mesocosm studies in two different ocean regions (Arctic and temperate waters) to reveal general patterns of plankton community shifts in response to OA and how these changes are modulated by inorganic nutrient availability.

Additionally, aerosols contain 2.7 times more inorganic components nowadays than during the preindustrial times.

«It's very important to draw the distinction between burning up carbon, actually using it by transforming it from organic into inorganic matter, and just eating it,» he said.

Summary Inorganic chemist with 4 + years of experience specialized in the synthesis and physical characterization of new battery electrode materials, as well as electrochemical characterization of electrode materials in cells.

VTT is also studying the feasibility of printing technology in the mass production of solar panels made from inorganic perovskite materials.

Otero, X. L. & Fernández - Sanjurjo, M. J. Seasonal variation in inorganic nitrogen content of soils from breeding sites of yellow - legged gulls (Larus cachinnans) in the Cíes Islands Natural Park (NW Iberian Peninsula).

And how about mineral water containing inorganic minerals that our body can not process and that disrupt and negatively alter certain bodily organs, functions, and other stuff?

Using inorganic carbon measurements from an international survey effort in the 1990s and a tracer - based separation technique, we estimate a global oceanic anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) sink for the period from 1800 to 1994 of 118 ± 19 petagrams of carbon.

«The key to this research is the hybrid composite material — combining inorganic semiconductor nanoparticles with organic compounds.

As primary producers, these organisms build up biomass, using light, carbon dioxide and other inorganic substances to photosynthesize.

In Whitehead's later works, the psycho - physiological language becomes all - embracing, being stretched both up into conscious mental experiences and down into the ostensibly inorganic world.

As Whitehead comments,» [a] complex inorganic system of interaction is built up for the protection of the «entirely living» nexus, and the originative actions of the living elements are protective of the whole system.

For example, the oxygen in Earth's atmosphere comes from living things, but oxygen can also be produced by inorganic chemical reactions.

Although new technologies have already been developed for the recovery of dissolved inorganic phosphates in the liquid fractions of municipal and agricultural wastes, solid residues remain a largely untapped source for phosphorus in its organic form.

Sari's research focuses on microbes that control the carbon cycle in habitats where organisms can not fix enough carbon from inorganic sources like carbon dioxide to sustain their food webs.

The algorithm can be applied to any molecule, including biological molecules like proteins as well as inorganic molecules.

In the past couple of years, organic - inorganic hybrid perovskites have been solution - processed into thin films or bulk crystals for photovoltaic devices that have reached a 20 - percent power conversion efficiency.

The final works are a combination of surrealism, photography and landscape supported by organic and inorganic structures.

(B and C) Close - ups of bridged structures that are inconsistent with inorganic processes.

If Pillinger's device detects organic compounds that have more C - 12 than do inorganic carbonates in the same sample, that will be strong evidence that life was once present.

Remember that all of the energy and matter that fuels oceanic food webs comes from the phytoplankton, who use sunlight to create living matter from inorganic elements.»

«The environmental community in the 1980s went crazy pressuring the donor countries and the big foundations not to support ideas like inorganic fertilizers for Africa,» says David Seckler, the director of the International Irrigation Management Institute.

Even if you're relatively health - conscious, detoxifying once in a while is still important to give your body a rest from chemicals that are caused by inorganic food and the environment.

«The function of glycoproteins in ice crystal growth is closely connected to how biopolymers regulate the growth of various inorganic crystals.

Certain inorganic metals seem promising, but they are rare, expensive to process, and potentially toxic.

Moreover, we also introduce inorganic nanoparticles into the emulsion droplet to co-assemble with block copolymer.