Sentences with phrase «measure trace elements»

«We developed robust analytical methods to measure trace elements in the heroin powder at very low levels as well as measure strontium ratios» said IFRI director Jose Almirall, the principal investigator of the study from FIU.

To find out, the researchers measured trace elements in the sloughed skins of seasnakes from urban - industrial versus other areas and in dark versus light skin.

The team measured trace elements and stable isotopes in stalagmites from the Indonesian island of Flores and used them to reconstruct ancient rainfall, comparing them to records from East Asia and the central - eastern equatorial Pacific.

Not exact matches

Researchers bored a microscopic hole into it with a laser and measured traces of radioactive elements within.

Researchers reconstructed Arctic circulation through deep time by measuring radioactive trace elements buried in sediments on the Arctic seafloor.

These are used to separate and quantify uranium and plutonium from nuclear fuel and liquid waste tanks, and measure trace and major elements in liquid and solid matrices (e.g., alloy compositions, or environmental monitoring samples).

Though not as existentially unnerving as Ex Machina, it's one of the most ambitious head movies ever made, laced with trace elements of Carpenter's The Thing and Tartovsky's Stalker, with a little Lovecraft and Alien thrown in for good measure.

Coupled with paleontological analyses of marine microfossils in deep - sea sediments, these stable - isotope and trace - element microanalyses provide quantitative measures of global climate and ocean behavior over diverse time scales.