Sentences with phrase «microscopic particles which»

It involves injecting gas into the stratosphere, forming microscopic particles which reflect some of the sun's energy to limit rising sea surface temperatures.

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One is string theory, which describes the fundamental constituents of matter not as point - like particles but as microscopic vibrating strings.

In the paper published this week, the magnetite particles in ALH84001 are analysed by geoscientists Ralph Harvey of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and Harry McSween of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, working with John Bradley of MVA in Norcross, Georgia, a company which specialises in microscopic analysis.

A quantum computer is a machine that processes information according to the rules of quantum physics, which govern the behaviour of microscopic particles at the scale of atoms and smaller.

The sun is directly behind the planet — an alignment not visible from Earth — which allowed astronomers to discover two faint outer hoops, never before seen, and to observe in unprecedented detail the microscopic particles that make up the rings.

A fraction of those collisions could generate microscopic black holes, which Goldberg and Anchordoqui think would produce a unique brand of particle showers.

In the case of molecules, the many microscopic collisions between the particles which constitute gases, fluids, and solids couple the various forms of motion with each other.

Because the AdBlue evaporates more evenly the diesel particulate filter which is designed to trap microscopic particles doesn't get clogged and stop working correctly.

Electronic paper, which started out as a project at legendary Silicon Valley research lab PARC in the 1970s, is built around microscopic spheres that are filled with charged particles.

These cat allergens become airborne as microscopic particles, which when inhaled into the nose or lungs can produce allergic symptoms.

, but it is the foundation for this question itself: How do microscopic material properties (which are the basis for macroscopic properties) arise from quantum mechanical properties of fundamental particles and atoms?

Plastics linger for years polluting, collecting other pollutants on their surface and shedding microscopic particles, which are now found in many water systems and the food chain.

The Georgia Institute of Technology and Universidad Autonoma de Aguascalientes (UAA), Mexico, have tested the toxicity of oil particles dispersed with Corexit, the dispersant used in the BP oil spill, on rotifers, microscopic animals that form an important link in the Gulf food chain, and which are common subjects in marine toxicity tests.

It's the microscopic plastic particles, small as a grain of salt, which fish mistake for food.

He was convicted after a microscopic particle of firearms discharge residue was found in his coat pocket more than a year after Dando's death, which contained similar components to a particle found in the victim's hair.

The cancellations in Boston are the result of a worldwide ripple effect after aviation officials over the past weekend had to temporarily shutdown large airports in Ireland, Scotland, and the Netherlands, as well as London's Heathrow Airport — Europe's busiest airport — because of the ash cloud, which poses dangers to aircraft because microscopic particles can stall a jet engine.