Sentences with phrase «ions like»

This is because metal ions like calcium form insoluble precipitates with oxalate (calcium oxalate).

Because it is so reactive, oxalate also interferes with the duties of many other positively charged ions like magnesium, zinc, copper, iron, manganese, and more.

† It helps maintain normal function of the heart, muscles, and nerves by facilitating the transport of ions like potassium and calcium across cell membranes.

A few studies happen and suddenly negative ion generators can increase feelings of well - being, and devices that emit positive ions like microwaves and air conditioners are suddenly no - nos.

Over the years, his research group has also developed fluorescent indicators for ions like magnesium, copper, iron, lead, cadmium, and many more.

This searing heat also strips electrons away from atoms, creating exotic ions like iron - XII (iron with 11 electrons removed).

When you stimulate a neuron, ions like sodium and potassium and chloride flow back and forth, causing what's called an action potential to travel down the neuron, through the axon, to a synapse.

Not exact matches

D. candidate David Bradwell launched Ambri to develop a liquid metal battery that's both cheaper and longer - lasting than existing alternatives, like lithium - ion batteries.

In general, lithium - ion batteries used in smartphones like the iPhone degrade over time.

The batteries in the Smartscooter start to degrade after about five years, just like the lithium - ion cell that powers your smartphone.

«I do think it could be used in lithium - ion batteries and for a mechanical strengthening material, or for composite polymers and stuff like that, especially if it can be made cheaply,» she says.

In the mid-20th century, the U.S. championed innovation globally, creating and commercializing quintessentially big ideas like semiconductors, lithium - ion batteries, photovoltaic cells, and the Internet.

In what appears to be a serious opportunity for W.A, the smart money in the lithium space is now moving downstream into the production of lithium - ion battery chemicals such as lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide and the mining of lithium is now looking a bit like the poor cousin.

I also kind of liked Panasonic's new ion hair - dryer, not that I need that sort of thing.

Researchers at Nangyang Technological University have developed a fast - charging titanium dioxide anode, and Mark Hersam's team at Northwestern has doubled the capacity of a lithium - ion anode by interlacing materials like graphene.

When that sparrow has worn that steel ball down to the size of a bb... eternity has just begun, like an ion of water in an endless ocean.

At present, we have quite detailed knowledge about molecules, ions, atoms, elementary particles, electromagnetic waves, electric fields and all kinds of material processes, but we are still not yet able to say what «matter» ultimately is like.

I think the capture of molecules from solution by a growing crystal is rather like this and so is the capture of an electron by an ion.

Even without the PEEP mode on, the Astra still delivers a better than average battery backup of 10 hours, (thanks to its cell - phone like Li - ion batteries) with a continuous audio / video coverage.

The first lithium - ion batteries contained rolls of these film electrodes, wound up in a cylinder like the spool of a cassette.

When an intense laser pulse strikes a plasma of electrons and positive ions, it shoves the lighter electrons forward, separating the charges and creating a secondary electric field that pulls the ions along behind the light like water in the wake of a speedboat.

It worked like the nozzle on a garden hose, except his version was invisible, regulating the flow of ions with magnetic fields.

Like a stretched rubber band suddenly snapping to a new shape, magnetic reconnection also releases energy, which could actively propel ions in the Martian atmosphere down the magnetotail into space.

Unlike water or regular ice, in superionic ice the water molecules dissociate into charged atoms called ions, with the oxygen ions locked in a solid lattice, while the hydrogen ions move like the molecules in a liquid.

As expected, scientists observed light, charged particles like hydrogen and helium ions leaving Venus's atmosphere.

Scientists at the University of Florida Particle Engineering Research Center and personal products manufacturer Kimberly - Clark recently found an answer by coating silica nanoparticles with copper ions, a potent odor - fighting combination that could be used in powders and spritzes, mixed with cat litter, or embedded in products like garbage bags.

Over time, this repositioning of ions can create tendril - like buildups — almost like stalactites forming inside a cave.

Drexel researchers have reported that adding nanodiamonds to the electrolyte solution in lithium batteries can prevent the formation of dendrites, the tendril - like deposits of ions that can grow inside a battery over time and cause hazardous malfunctions.

Both PEM fuel cells and SOFCs, like batteries, have two electrodes separated by an ion - conducting electrolyte.

This prototype combines the traditional energy storage capabilities of a lithium - ion battery with the added benefit of being able to scale it up like a flow battery.

The most common method of preventing this damage is to inject heavy ions, such as argon or neon, which act like brakes due to their large charge.

«Small molecules are perhaps more affordable as treatments and can hit things like this ion channel switch, TRPM7,» said researcher Michael Schappe, a graduate student in Desai's lab.

In one recent study, they obtained good results by incorporating ruthenium ions into a sheet - like nanostructure composed of carbon nitride.

Hair - cell physiologists don't know yet what the pore — called an ion channel — looks like, but some interesting biophysical properties suggest the channel is very fast and sensitive.

But rather than a knight getting «un-horsed,» this high - speed collision melts the protons and neutrons of the ions, freeing the quarks and other particles to disperse in an explosion very like that of the Big Bang.

When this happens, the ion travels ever farther along the funnel from one cycle to the next — like a playground swing that gets higher and higher if you push it at just the right moment in each cycle.

Like other hybrid perovskites, its crystalline structure contains many vacancies, or missing atoms, which have been suspected to allow ions to move readily within the material when a voltage is applied.

In their technique, the UW - Madison team applied a specially formulated surfactant — a detergent - like substance — onto the surface of a liquid containing zinc ions.

But many of these interactions are strongly repelling, like magnets of similar orientation, and are therefore difficult to control, particularly in systems with many ions.

In neurons, ions flowing through the cell wall initiate action, setting off a string of communications that tell organisms like us how to feel and behave.

This small protein molecule contains a loop which fits, like a key in a lock, into the ion channel proteins found on nerve cell membranes, which are used to transport sodium and potassium ions in and out of the cell.

«The results of the ION studies demonstrated highly satisfactory cure rates with a fixed dose combination of sofosbuvir / ledipasvir among patients with genotype 1 HCV infection without the use of either injectable interferon, which causes miserable flu - like symptoms, or ribavirin, an antiviral pill associated with a variety of troublesome side effects, including anemia and rash,» Professor Peck - Radosavljevic continued.

Their method cleverly utilizes the rattling motion caused by the vibration of oxygen ions inside the cage - like structures of the crystal.

The key: The battery test cell, which, like every lithium - ion battery, comprises an anode, a cathode and electrolytes is not completely sealed, but rather is fitted with a fine capillary.

«Manufacturers of rechargeable batteries are building on the proven lithium - ion technology, which has been deployed in mobile devices like laptops and cell phones for many years,» reports TUM researcher Michael Metzger.

He found the microbe thriving directly on spacecraft surfaces, presumably drawing its energy from ions of trace metals like aluminum and titanium.

They then employ cage - like crown ethers to capture the potassium ions that would otherwise dampen the nanotubes» ability to repel one another.

Like Nocera's original device, Gamelin's technology is also only able to produce oxygen gas and hydrogen ions.

Charged particles like electrons and ions spiral along the field lines.

«In certain conditions, we found we can make electrons and ions interact so strongly, with the same energy, that they look like some sort of composite particles: a particle plus a vibration together,» Jang says.