Sentences with phrase «much finer particles»

So the researchers, including materials scientist Lars Berglund of the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, used enzymes and a blender to chew standard wood pulp into a stew of much finer particles — about one - thousandth their original size.

Not exact matches

Much of this fine particle pollution comes from electric power plants, either directly or as pollutants such as sulfur dioxide that chemically evolve downwind of the plant.

Nanotax is the fine particle formulation of paclitaxel mixed with saline, which the body can absorb and tolerate much better without the allergy risk.

Astronomers believe large moonlets up to at least a half - mile in size may hide among the rings, which themselves are only about 30 feet thick; the taller vertical structures visible here could be ring material that «splashes» up when the fine particles of the rings collide with these moonlets, much as water at the sea's edge can splash up and over a rock.

But inside the patch, where trash has been disintegrating for years — even decades — the particles are much finer.

With the same amount of neutralizing ammonia available to react with a much smaller amount of sulfates, scientists had expected the pH of the sulfate fine particles to rise toward neutral levels.

The fine particles suspended in the fog ranged as much as seven times beyond the concentration that India considers safe, to reach a level the United States Environmental Protection Agency calls «hazardous».

A new study finds that long - term exposure to fine - particle air pollution — formed by the gasses of cars, power plants, and other sources — is associated with much higher mortality rates from cancers of the breast, upper digestive tract, and other organs.

The micronized creatine particles can be up to 20 times smaller than regular creatine monohydrate - making micronized creatine much finer, easier to absorb, and with higher purity.

In the Alubeam paint production process, the particles are much finer and have a diameter of only 30 to 50 nanometres, which means that particles are integrated more evenly into the paint surface.

A second UNEP report points out that it is much easier to cut short - lived greenhouse gases like methane, and fine atmospheric particles like soot from inefficient stoves.

In addition, according to a study by Environment Canada reported in The Toronto Star, «Using a wood - fire stove for only nine hours... produces as much fine - particle pollution as does a car in a year.»