Sentences with phrase «micrometers into»

However, some have insisted that there is a paradox here — how can a forcing driven by longwave absorption and emission impact the ocean below since the infrared radiation does not penetrate more than a few micrometers into the ocean?

«how can a forcing driven by longwave absorption and emission impact the ocean below since the infrared radiation does not penetrate more than a few micrometers into the ocean?»

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A few years ago, his lab made graphene oxide — a functional form of graphene — and fabricated it into a multilayer, micrometer - thick, paper - like membrane.

As the scanner pokes its prey (here, a small, green plastic frog) with a needle - like probe driven by a tiny motor, a light sensor detects contact between probe and object with an accuracy of 30 micrometers, and a linear actuator translates the rotation of the Lego gears into linear distance at a resolution of 6.25 micrometers.

Fine particulates (less than 2.5 micrometers wide, or about a quarter of the width of the smallest grain of pollen) are of greatest concern because they can penetrate deeply into the lungs to reach the body's innermost nooks and crannies.

In another twist, most (but not all) of the PAH in the Hypatia matrix has been transformed into diamonds smaller than one micrometer, which are thought to have been formed in the shock of impact with the Earth's atmosphere or surface.

They then grouped the nanotubes into a cylinder - shaped forest, measuring about 50 micrometers tall and 1 millimeter wide, and centered the array within a 3 millimeter - wide, 7 - millimeter long microfluidic channel.

To dig a few centimeters deeper into Mercury's surface, solar physicist Amir Caspi and planetary scientist Constantine Tsang of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo., and colleagues will use an infrared camera, specially built by Alabama - based Southern Research, that detects wavelengths between 3 and 5 micrometers.

Scientists of the KIT and the ETH in Zurich developed a plasmonic MZM of only 12.5 micrometers length which converts digital electrical signals into optical signals at a rate of up to 108 gigabit per second, and presented this device in the «Nature Photonics» scientific journal.

Micrometer - sized fibers of a heat - sensitive polymer coating were spun around TPP, and when the battery's heat starts to go haywire, the polymer coating melts, releases TPP into the electrolyte, and stops the flame in under a half - second.

In gymnosperms, wind deposits a pollen grain on an exposed egg cell, and then the pollen tube — growing at the slow rate of 20 micrometers an hour — releases an enzyme that destroys any tissue blocking the sperm's entrance into the egg cell.

To build their device, the team drilled an array of wells, each about 250 micrometers wide, into a silicon wafer.

The embassy has been using Twitter to publish average hourly readings of particulate matter that's less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter (PM2.5): fine particles from combustion and industrial emissions that penetrate deeply into the lungs and are linked to heart disease and other health problems.

A pale beige polypropylene plastic embedded with 25 - micrometer particles of the resin is inserted into the tube in the form of a long - haired shag carpet sample and, almost immediately, CO2 levels inside the greenhouse begin a steady march downward as the resin binds CO2 to form bicarbonate, a kind of salt produced.

By unfolding into a cellular chain, clusters of cancer cells can slide through capillary tubes less than 10 micrometers wide, Sam Au of Harvard Medical School and colleagues report April 18 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

That's because seawater chemically transforms the oil into a denser type of oil, which disperses into micrometer - sized droplets that are too heavy to float.

A one - ounce piece can be beaten into a translucent sheet five - millionths of an inch thick or drawn out into 50 miles of wire five micrometers thick — one - tenth the diameter of a human hair.

Fine dust particles of a few micrometers in size may penetrate deep into the lungs.

In their study, scientists around Prof. Olivier Pertz from the Department of Biomedicine at the University of Basel gained novel insights into the regulation of directional cell migration: Using a special procedure, 20 micrometer wide lines were fabricated on glass thereby mimicking the connective tissue environment — creating a highway for cells.

They formed silk scaffolds of different thicknesses (ranging from 2 to 5 micrometers) and stiffness combined with growth factors, to test the success of megakaryocyte adhesion and the formation of proplatelets — the parts of the megakaryocytes that fragment into platelets.

The team of investigators dried a standard peptide solution for a day at room temperature to allow diphenylalanine to assemble into microtube structures, with individual tubes up to 1 millimeter long and 1 - 3 micrometer wide in diameter.

They have to neatly pack a several meter - long thread of genetic material into a nucleus that measures only five micrometers across.

PM2.5, or particles that are less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter, can be inhaled deeply into the lungs and cause serious health problems.

The scientists synthesized the sponges by a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process during which the CNTs (multi-walled nanotubes with diameters in the range of 30 to 50nm and lengths of tens to hundreds of micrometers,) self - assembled into a porous, interconnected, three - dimensional framework.

To make the particles, each between one and five micrometers in size, researchers filled the beehive structure of synthetic silicon dioxide with semiconductive silicon the same way a blacksmith would pour molten metal into a cast iron mold.

The human genome is organized into chromatin, a complex of DNA and associated proteins, to fit inside a micrometer - sized nucleus.

The micromotors are essentially six - micrometer - long tubes that help rapidly convert carbon dioxide into calcium carbonate, a solid mineral found in eggshells, the shells of various marine organisms, calcium supplements and cement.

The molecular structure of CO2 is such that it is «tuned» to the wavelengths of infrared (heat) radiation emitted by the Earth's surface back into space, in particular to the 15 micrometer band.

This enabled researchers to generate serial images that went deeper into the tissue as each top slice was removed — to follow fine neural processes for hundreds of micrometers.

Konrad can not see the chimneys themselves from his home in Minamiyamate, but for months now his thoughts have frequently wandered to the factory where Hiroko Tanaka spends her days measuring the thickness of steel with micrometers, images of classrooms swooping into her thoughts the way memories of flight might enter the minds of broken - winged birds.

However, past studies of such Arctic mixed - phase clouds have been unable to explain the measured abundance of ice crystals larger than 100 micrometers in maximum dimension (the size range where measurements are available), given observed environmental conditions and the measured concentrations of ice nuclei that could be entrained into the observed shallow cloud layers from aloft.

Toyota Engineering and Manufacturing North America (Princeton, IN) 10/2001 — 5/2010 Technician / Skilled Maintenance Team Leader • Provided support and technical expertise on Allen Bradley PLC - 5 and Control Logic, as well as designed new screens for HMI using RSView and mapped all data and alarms needed for monitoring production equipment • Programmed PLC's using Rockwell software as required by production, utilizing PLC as a troubleshooting tool to locate and repair process problems • Repaired and maintained all three phase medium and low voltage motors, programming medium voltage control relays to meet manufacturer specifications and monitor applicable data from motors as well as engineering data and motor manufacturing parameters into VFD's • Established PM schedules for maintaining floor conveyors, robots, RFID, air handling, sludge, paint mix room, and lifters, assisting T / M's with performing preventative maintenance on equipment • Ensured calibration of environmental equipment to maintain state and federal guidelines, performing the calibration procedures and repair of micrometers, calipers, and profilometers as required by ISO standards • Identified and developed countermeasures to manufacturing - related problems with equipment, monitoring corrective actions and resolution implementation to ensure problems were below 2 % of operational availability • Review associated work instructions for changes as needed to maintain quality, safety, and environmental standards, while planning and coordinating weekly safety meetings and training for team members