Sentences with phrase «of useful fuels»

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Why not tell the pastor that if he wants to pray fine, but do something useful too, like promoting math and science education so we can develop alternative fuels and improve existing energy sources or encouraging other pastors to take the bus instead of driving their Caddies and Rolls.

Lower is better in running economy, meaning Tadese is one of the most fuel - efficient runners ever seen — a very useful trait for a marathoner.

Some believe the coordination meetings are necessary to prepare for a possible fuel shortage over the Easter break, but others have accused the government of embracing the potential strike as useful political dividing line with Labour.

She is part of a team that helps to ensure oil and gas are produced safely and efficiently, and then processed and manipulated to make useful products, like fuel.

At the end of their useful lives, they would be converted in thermal depolymerization machines into short - chain fuels, fertilizers, and industrial raw materials, ready for plants or people to convert them back into long chains again.

Indeed, mitochondria can be thought of rather like a car engine, that burns fuel (food molecules), and recovers the energy in a useful form to drive the processes of life.

«The idea is to demonstrate that the combination of our pyrolysis and our upgrading technology provides superior economic returns for people who own biomass and want to turn it into transportation fuels,» Rekoske says — an effort that could be useful on other islands or even the U.S. mainland.

There are plenty of ways to convert biomass into useful fuels and chemicals.

But untangling the complex chains of these polymers into components, which can be useful for liquid fuel and other applications ranging from pharmaceuticals to plastics, has presented an ongoing challenge to science and industry.

Likewise, a scientist?s time is full of many useful gaps during experiments which are perfect for pub lunches (for discussing results, of course), Web - surfing (for scientific papers, naturally), and endless cups of coffee (for fuel).

Currently, it is possible to make fuels out of CO2 — plants do it all the time — but researchers are still trying to crack the problem of artificially producing the fuels at large enough scales to be useful.

«Quantum mechanics lets us find the best ways to arrange the atoms and takes us closer to the goal of converting carbon dioxide to fuels and other useful materials,» says Goddard.

That's why DARPA is hoping it can help scientists get much better at modifying the metabolic and genetic machinery of cells to produce useful products such as fuels.

Mandates like the U.S. renewable fuel standard, which calls for production of 36 billion gallons per year by 2022, are useful in promoting low - carbon fuels, like waste vegetable oil for biodiesel, said Malins.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is hoping it can help scientists get much better at modifying the metabolic and genetic machinery of cells to produce useful products such as fuels.

Noble metals such as platinum are useful as catalysts for versatile chemical reactions including fuel cell vehicles and reduction of CO2 emission.

This strategy led to the discovery of NIR luminescence and also paves the way for other types of nanoparticle alloys that are useful not only in imaging, but in applications like catalysis for the industrial - scale conversion of fossil fuels into fine chemicals.

The M.I.T. report argues that a leasing program, in which countries with the capability to enrich uranium fuel supply it to other countries and then take back the spent fuel for disposal in one form or another at the end of its useful life.

Rice University chemists who developed a unique form of graphene have found a way to embed metallic nanoparticles that turn the material into a useful catalyst for fuel cells and other applications.

A new study shows that becoming a father leads to a sharp decline in testosterone, suggesting that although high levels of the hormone may help men win a mate, testosterone - fueled traits such as aggression and competition are less useful when it comes to raising children.

«Neutron scattering can be very useful in developing improved fuel cells and batteries and in the future production of electric vehicles», according to The Director of Science at ESS.

He is specifically interested in capturing electrons more efficiently, which will help development of other useful microbial fuel cell applications.

The growing evidence that cancer and metabolism are connected, emerging from a number of laboratories around the world over the past 10 years, has further fueled these hopes, though scientists are still working to identify what tumors might be most responsive and which drugs most useful.

It can be used to convert CO2, or carbon dioxide, into useful items like biodegradable plastic products, medications, or fuel sources; as such, this would essentially eliminate the need of having to travel to various locations to dig up fossil fuels, like oil or coal.

Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science led by Dr. James Liao have developed a more efficient way to turn methanol into useful chemicals, such as liquid fuels, and that would also reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

Some types of uranium reactor fuel could in theory be useful in weapons, while plutonium - also theoretically useful for weaponry - is created during operation.

He did his postdoctoral work in the lab of Jay Keasling, a pioneer of engineering microbes that consume renewable feedstock and spit out useful chemicals like diesel fuel or fragrance molecules for the cosmetics industry.

By combining the cellulose - breakdown and sugar - conversion steps, we are very close to a single - step method of converting raw biomass into a new platform chemical — a chemical you can readily turn into a transportation fuel or for synthesis of plastics and other useful materials,» said PNNL geochemist and study coauthor Jim Amonette.

The increasing ecological and environmental impact of a given amount of useful fossil fuel energy is a relevant consideration in assessing alternative energy strategies.

Heterogeneous catalysis for controlling gaseous emissions from automotive and stationary engines, alternative energy using catalytic reforming of gaseous and liquid fuels to hydrogen for fuel cells, catalytic processes for upgrading carbon dioxide to useful products

That may have been a lot of reading to tell you why you should add BCAA + to Pedialyte or diluted Gatorade and drink that over anything else, but isn't it useful to know WHY?If, at this point, you're wondering how to get in enough carbohydrates and calories to fuel activity, given all the issues surrounding water absorption... stay tuned.

The GI can be a useful tool to help athletes select the right type of carbohydrates (the main source of fuel for the body) to consume both before and after exercise.

You might find TKD useful (i.e. taking a little glucose powder pre-workout to fuel the last couple of reps when you go heavy).

Nike created a new measurement called «Nike Fuel» (measures exercise based on a sort of algorithm for oxygen kinetics), which can seem fairly arbitrary or at least less useful than working with calories.

This breakdown of fat into useful energy is similar to the process that dietary carbohydrates undergo in producing glucose to fuel the body.

She's quick to grab any item from her environment that may prove a useful weapon — lamps, mixing desks, a length of hose — making her actions fuelled by an instinct for survival far removed from the clean, lithe moves of so many female action heroes.

That idea was one of many useful takeaways from a panel discussion about marketing new flavors to kids, part of a daylong event at Harvard University called Healthy Food Fuels Hungry Minds: Serving Change in Public School Food.

Putting high - octane gas in one and water in the other, for example, provides little useful information about which car makes the most of its fuel.

The new mill, which Mazda tuned for real - world fuel economy and useful low - end torque below 3,000 rpm, is EPA - rated at the top of its class with 22/28/25 mpg city / highway / combined.

While the CVT might be useful for enhancing fuel economy, it can't suspend the laws of physics.

The Colortune isn't to determine the color of the spark, but for the color of the combustion itself, which is useful for tuning fuel / timing (leaner mixtures will be bluer in color, where richer mixtures are redder.

The new, fuel - efficient engine provides plenty of oomph and is hooked to a smooth, although sometimes hesitant, five - speed automatic gearbox with useful paddle - shifters.

The reason is simple: it offers the fuel efficiency of traditional manuals but offers the ability to switch to full automatic mode, which is very useful in urban driving.

Ford MyKey is especially useful on the 2014 Ford Transit Connect, a popular mode of transport for businesses due to its fuel - efficiency and configuration options.

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Get comfortable after a hard day in the comfort of your cab, with the available new 8 - inch LCD Productivity Screen provides useful information from fuel economy to towing data right in front of you.

The interior is littered with useful features too, like a rechargeable and removable torch in the boot, an ice scraper in the fuel filler cap and an iPad dock that can be attached to the back of the front headrests or slotted into the drop - down armrest in the middle of the rear bench.

The relatively weak gasoline engine is assisted by the electric motor during rapid acceleration or hill climbing, allowing for reduced fuel consumption while still providing a safe and useful amount of performance.

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Fortunately, it can be replaced with a more useful histogram that displays your fuel economy over the last 10, 30, or 60 minutes of driving.