Sentences with phrase «like inert»

What seems like an inert and harmless thing, a soft pillowtop mattress, is often a source of exposure to harsh chemicals, EMFs amplified by innersprings, and other problems.

Much like inert granular matter, these cells interacted with their nearest neighbors to form a «disordered collective» that transitioned between solid - like and fluid - like states.

We had nine planets and dozens of moons, but they seemed like inert, dead places — to the extent that we knew them at all.

Now in our experience of our own subjectivity we do not discover anything like the inert brute stuff into which classical physics attempts to analyze nature.

Not exact matches

Without having these at regular intervals, the entire multi-billion-dollar advertising industry would be struck inert, like kids whose soccer ball has just been run over by a bus.

To humanely probe the physics of gunshot wounds, and ultimately help police solve crimes and doctors save lives, researchers shoot bullets into inert, flesh - like substances.

Like most supervisory bodies in Europe, the board of DB has proven remarkably inert in recent years, basically a reflection of the lax governance of banks more generally in the EU.

The myth about matter is built on the fiction that the universe consists of nothing but a collection of inert particles, pulling and pushing each other like cogs in a deterministic machine.

I know what it's like to be a preacher desperate for some point of contact with an otherwise inert congregation.

But it was inert until books like Ernest Lee Tuveson's Redeemer Nation: The Idea of America's Millennial Role (1968) appeared.

Like the figure created by Dr. Frankenstein, the monster comes to life by a scientific manipulation of inert forms.

BTW, I used to have the same concerns but after looking into it I think silicon is probably inert, like glass.

Some other inert foolishness like a safety or two or a blocked punt would happen.

But Clarke and Meng, like the rest of the delegation from the five boroughs, excepting Donovan, is part of the largely inert Democratic House minority — meaning their legislative proposals stand little chance of passing.

It's also very inert and won't degrade and release chemicals at high temperatures like some non-stick materials.

However, plastic is not necessarily a bad material for the internal parts of a juicer like the auger, since the plastics used are food grade, inert materials that won't react with acidic fruits and vegetables like metals often do, like drinking orange juice from a steel thermos.

Basalt rocks like these can trap CO2 gas and convert it into an inert mineral.

The work built off a seminal finding by Gao and colleagues, published in 2007 in Nature Nanotechnology, showing that nanoparticles, long believed to be biologically and chemically inert, could in fact possess enzyme - like properties.

Like those who were pondering these problems a century ago, we are still in search of an affordable alchemy that turns solid waste into an inert, hazard - free, usable by - product such as bricks or glass.

But scientists thought that, like many long - distance travelers, the bugs were inert during their time in the air.

Filled with inert gas to prevent rust, the casks are moved out to concrete pads surrounded by barbed wire, which look a little like basketball courts at maximum security prisons.

When a tooth is damaged, dentists repair it with an inert material like ceramic, but these deteriorate.

Results like these belie the moon's image as an inert rock, Colaprete says.

There would be no plate tectonics, and our planet would probably be a lot like Venus: hellish and inert.

3D printing excels at creating intricately detailed 3D structures, typically from inert materials like plastic or metal.

Nanomaterials, even when made of inert elements like gold, become highly active at nanometer dimensions.

Instead of being inert like other proteins, these misfolded proteins, called prions, can grow and break off and seed new growths as if they were reproducing.

Although the industry claims this substance is inert, once burned, paraffin releases carcinogenic toxins such as benzene and toluene into the air, where they loiter like a bad house guest.

Other things you might try are adding supplementary brine, and / or weighting down the kraut with some inert object (s) like dishes or (clean) stones.

The authors stated, «During the telephone screening, potential enrollees were told that participants would receive «either placebo (inert) pills, which were like sugar pills which had been shown to have «self - healing properties» or no - treatment.»

Branagh's retelling of the classic Agatha Christie tale is visually sumptuous yet otherwise inert, a series of what are essentially cameos by performers far too gifted to waste their time like this.

He and layabout co-worker Richard (Dany Boon), whose hedonistic dreams are inert, share a pathetic bachelor pad and play off each other much like Shaun of the Dead's Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.

A rooftop standoff between Lex and Superman is fun, a flirtatious encounter between Diana and Bruce is exciting, a veiled conversation of threats between Wayne and Kent draws you in, but any attempt for Bruce to be emotional, or Lois and Clark to discuss their relationship like humans and the film drags to inert halt.

If only the sole purpose of Churchill weren't to take ol' Winnie off the plinth and make him seem like a little more of a flesh - and - blood man — a goal the movie fails on account of being inert, decorous, and almost absurdly repetitive.

What it is interested in, unfortunately, is lots of inert scenes in which McCarthy allows his characters to pontificate at length about Big Issues like death, love, money, despair, family and many other things.

One is tempted to blame a 86 - minute run time, and the rushed nature of some character awakenings (Edwards's in particular) would seem to support that, but then the snail's pace of the talky, inert proceedings make the film — and Murphy — feel like its wasting its precious, limited time.

As much as I wanted to like this well - intentioned drama, the first hour is just too narratively inert and Rachel Weisz's performance, as great as she usually is, simply misses the mark here.

It differs from Iron Man's suit in that way because it doesn't need a battery source like an arc reactor, which makes it harder to render Black Panther's suit inert.

But the inert interview framing narrative does no favors to the film or Natalie Portman's straining lead performance, and Larraín's attempts to convey the spirit of the era feels like watered - down Todd Haynes, minus the fascination with mystique, glamour, and forms that can make Haynes» work enticing.

Or educationally inert states like Nebraska and South Dakota that may just need a kick in the pants?

The Cupra's not completely inert, and it has some decent pace, but it doesn't thrill or excite quite like a Fiesta ST.. However, without having driven them back - to - back it does feel like a more engaging hot hatch than the Polo GTI and it'll also offer stronger value for money.

Thanks to the use of lighter construction materials like aluminum, some «body on frame» SUVs have significantly improved fuel economy ratings, therefore making their inert ability tow more weight and soak up unpaved terrain more accessible to those who like to explore.

Jeep has made big boasts about this car moving away from agricultural handling to more car - like road manners, but it has focused so heavily on a smooth ride that can handle the worst British tarmac that the drive is rather inert and disappointing.

For sure, the Mercedes isn't totally inert when it comes to handling, and there are sportier AMG models higher up the pecking order for those who want an edgier E-Class, but it's worth pointing out that the likes of the BMW 5 Series and Jaguar XF are more ideally suited to buyers who consider themselves driving enthusiasts.

Given how inert the average modern manga - ka's life is, manga about manga artists and the publishing industry are surprisingly common, from pumped - up fictional depictions like Bakuman.

They appear almost like regular, inert signs, except they're solar - powered and at the bottom have matte - gray screens similar to those on e-book readers.

Intraocular lenses are made of inert materials like polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) with flexible haptics to stabilize the lens within the capsular bag.

Driving the car felt like steering a brick taped to the back of a duck (note: I played this on the PC, and it may be much better on a console controller), and in the early game you're so desperate for scrap that you must destroy cars you fight to get it — which often revolved around ramming inert cars for 60 seconds to get them to finally blow up.

It playfully amplifies the American desire to be satiated by commodity goods, as Guston did in a very different way with his inert, cartoon - like paintings.

Like the earlier work, some of the abstractions look much less inert on film.