Sentences with phrase «key chemicals which»

«Part of my job is to collate information on the techniques used to manufacture illicit drugs and to investigate the availability of a number of key chemicals which are essential for their production.

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Australia Minerals and Mining Group has chosen its Meckering aluminous clay deposit as the key supply of feedstock material for its HPA chemicals project, which will be located north of Perth.

«The key chemicals in question are 1,4 dioxane and the preservative formaldehyde, which is slowly released by a chemical called quaternium - 15 to kill bacteria.

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1962 saw the publication of «Silent Spring» by Rachel Carson, which detailed the damaging impact of DDT and other chemicals on the environment, and played a key part in popularising environmentalism.

A few years ago, MS researchers were focused on a new type of immune cell called the Th - 17 cell, which appeared to be a key player in driving the neuronal damage in MS. Because Th - 17 cells produce the cytokine IL - 17, researchers likewise thought this chemical was essential to the disease.

This drug, which they designed, works something like a chemical key that unlocks mitofusin2 and boosts mitochondrial fusion.

Obesity is a key driver of Type 2 Diabetes, given that excess abdominal fat causes fat cells to release a «pro-inflammatory» chemical which can make the body less sensitive to the insulin it produces and disrupt the ability of insulin - responsive cells to fulfill their function.

This concept, implemented on a large scale, is the focus of RAPID, a Manufacturing USA Institute being led by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, which also involves UD as a key player.

The key ingredient turned out to be chemicals called terpenes, which some algae use to sicken fish that feed on them.

The real key to the process is catalysis, which enables and speeds up the necessary chemical reactions.

A key to the advances, which have been published in the Journal of Nanoparticle Research, is use of both a «continuous flow» chemical reactor, and microwave heating technology that's conceptually similar to the ovens that are part of almost every modern kitchen.

Alterations in the genetic coding for a nerve cell receptor, which detects a chemical signal that is key to behavioral change, could point the way to designing therapies most effective for patients suffering from schizophrenia, drug addiction and other mental illnesses.

A closer look at how honey bee colonies determine which larvae will serve as workers and which will become queens reveals that a plant chemical, p - coumaric acid, plays a key role in the bees» developmental fate.

The work, led by Dr Jurriaan Ton and Dr Estrella Luna at the University of Sheffield, has identified the key receptor binding a chemical called BABA (β - aminobutyric acid) which is boosting plant immunity.

Adopting the scheme of chemical disorder, which has been proved to successfully capture the variety of eumelanin protomolecules, we show that (1) the formation process of eumelanin protomolecules from the constituting monomers is generally hindered in a solvent environment with respect to vacuum and (2) key factors in improving the adhesion properties and band lineup of the molecules on an inorganic interface are the molecular electronic state and the planarity of their structures.

Through a set of experiments, they were able to analyze and quantify how the polymer affects the chemical reaction rate in the sulfur cathode, which is key to achieving high current density and high power with these cells.

It will focus on catalyst development for four applications: proton exchange membrane fuel cells to convert stored energy in non-fossil fuels into electricity; electrolysers for splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen — a potential clean fuel cell source; syngas, a mixture of CO and H2, which is generated from coal, gas and biomass, and widely used as a key intermediate in the chemical industry; and lithium - air batteries.

Abstract: Charge separation is a key component of the reactions cascade of photosynthesis, by which solar energy is converted to chemical energy.

These cosmic impacts are also the key mechanism with which life, or at least its chemical building blocks, are delivered between worlds, according to the panspermia hypothesis which posits that the seeds of life are common throughout the Universe and can be spread from planet to planet by cometary and asteroid impacts.

The formation of key steroid hormones requires several different enzymes, each of which could be affected by environmental chemicals.

The reason for the specific oxides (which is a chemical family of oils) is that they contain 1,8 cineole, and this is the key...

I think that eating a diet free from chemicals, additives, and preservatives is key to treating our bodies like a temple and being good stewards or that which we have been blessed with.

Key West also comes in a container which is explicitly BPA - free; BPA is a toxic chemical which can deplete your antioxidants and indirectly cause acne.

This is not only an allegorical key to the character of this self - described «man of science» but a key to Mann's portrayal of him, which is partly chemical and partly alchemical, a mix of scientific scrutiny and sheer sorcery.

Cute references to Resident Evil games of yore abound: the typewriters which let you save have been replaced by cassette recorders, for example, green herbs still heal you (although you must combine them with «chemical fluid») and special keys must be located to open up whole areas of the various houses.

A key factor in this evaluation is the risk presented by the substance, which is a combined measure of hazards and routes of exposure for specific chemicals and materials.

The burns appear to have been caused by a dangerous chemical called trimethylaluminum, a key component in LED lights, of which Dow is a manufacturer.

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Calculated the exact amount of required cleaning chemicals which reduced costs by $ 4500.