Sentences with phrase «on cellulose»

Current commercial absorbents for oil spill recovery and industrial use tend to be based on cellulose or polypropylene.

Greg then turns the rant away from support of mineral wool to an attack on cellulose, the darling of the green building industry.

Problem: Nobody knows how to run a modern economy on cellulose, wind turbines, and solar panels.

The authors report that in laboratory tests using cellulose as a model indoor material exposed to smoke, levels of newly formed TSNAs detected on cellulose surfaces were 10 times higher than those originally present in the sample following exposure for three hours to a «high but reasonable» concentration of nitrous acid (60 parts per billion by volume).

Jessica's chemical bath was developed to leave a germ - killing coating on cellulose.

The added genes allowed the bugs to live on cellulose, breaking it down and converting it to ethanol, a technology the company is now commercializing.

Empa researchers have succeeded in developing an environmentally friendly ink for 3D printing based on cellulose nanocrystals.

One approach to tapping into all that biomass focuses on cellulose, the material that gives plant cells their strong walls.

Not exact matches

Most people believe the «SCOBY» is the white pancake - like material that grows on top of your Kombucha brew, but this is simply a byproduct (cellulose pellicle) of the fermentation process and is unnecessary for your brew if you have enough starter liquid.

After the heightened news exposure surrounding the presence of wood pulp and cellulose fillers in parmesan cheese, aggressive plaintiffs» attorneys pounced on the opportunity and filed a spate of lawsuits alleging fraud in advertising and labeling of cheese products.

During production, a cellulose and cotton fiber mixture is kneaded with salt and passed on a conveyor.

It is important to either steam, bake, sautee or marinate these in order to soften the hard outer cellulose fibers and make them easier on your digestive system.

UK — July 28, 2016 — Futamura, a privately - owned Japanese manufacturer of cellulose and polymeric films for the packaging market, held its official opening ceremony at its Wigton site in Cumbria on Monday 25th July.

Cellulose functions depend on what type and how many substituents are attached.

In 2016 IDFA asked the NOP to keep cellulose, an anti-caking agent, as well as agar - agar and glucono deltalactone, thickening agents, on the National List of approved ingredients.

Bacterial cellulose is typically grown in sheets, but «imagine if you have a burn on your elbow,» Schaffner says.

Swathes of cellulose grown on 3 - D printed structures could precisely match the contours of specific body parts, curbing the risk of contaminants getting trapped under wrinkles in the cellulose or the material peeling off.

The RPI team made the paper battery by first growing an array of carbon nanotubes on a silicon surface and then covering the array in dissolved cellulose (the main constituent of paper).

Leaving the material in a sealed container for a few days «nicely produced a cellulose film on top of the printed structure,» says study coauthor Patrick Rühs, a food scientist also at ETH Zurich.

Cellulose is only made on the surface of the hydrogel because that is where most of the oxygen is — therefore, the method produces thin coatings suitable for wound treatment.

Electronics to transmit data to the researchers — and to control the drone — could be printed on a sheet of cellulose acetate in silver nanoparticle ink that dissolves in water.

Fed with the nutrients in the gel, along with oxygen, bacteria called Acetobacter xylinum make cellulose, a molecule that speeds healing when placed on the surface of a wound.

A hydrogel containing the bacteria could be used to fabricate cellulose dressings in the exact shape of a body part or organ based on a CT scan, Rühs says.

Elaborating on the potential application of the cellulose aerogels, Asst Prof Duong said, «Oil spills are serious disasters that threaten marine ecosystems.

At the research facility snow crystals like this one are captured by placing samples on copper metal plates containing a precooled methyl cellulose solution.

The researchers turned to cellulose, the most abundant biopolymer on earth, and mixed it in a simple process with a kind of silicone called polydimethylsiloxane — the stuff of breast implants — and carbon nanotubes.

Cellulose gum hangs on to the water in Twinkies» filling, and thus, like so many other ingredients, keeps it slipperier longer.

This substance is a complex natural polymer called lignin, and it is the second largest renewable carbon source on the planet after cellulose.

Cellulose is the most abundant natural polymer on the planet.

In view of the good results of the technique, Etxeberria is now working on other materials, like cellulose.

So Centex set the house on an insulated concrete foundation rimmed with polystyrene and built it with cellulose - filled walls.

Cellulose, the structural component of cell walls that enables plants to stay upright, is the most abundant biopolymer on earth.

Researchers have been able to watch the interior cells of a plant synthesize cellulose for the first time by tricking the cells into growing on the plant's surface.

«Based on our study, it appears plant cells need both a high density of the enzymes that create cellulose, and their rapid movement across the cell surface, to make this happen so quickly.»

An image of artificially - produced cellulose in cells on the surface of a modified Arabidopsis thaliana plant.

The on - going York research into LPMOs, which is led by Professor Walton and Professor Davies from the Department of Chemistry, is part of Critical Enzymes for Sustainable Biofuels from Cellulose (CESBIC), a collaborative project funded by the European Research Area Industrial Biotechnology network (ERA - IB).

Plants are made up of as much as 30 percent lignin, is the second-most abundant renewable carbon source on the planet after cellulose, according to the International Lignin Institute in Switzerland.

For all its prowess in making cheap ethanol, Brazil, which spends relatively little on R&D, has fallen behind in the race to convert cellulose to fuel.

By studying and comparing the workhorse cellulose - degrading enzymes of two fungi, researchers from the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have pinpointed regions on these enzymes that can be targeted via genetic engineering to help break down cellulose faster.

To minimize any impacts on food supplies, the investigators then sought out genes from other bacterial species that can break down cellulose, the tough material that makes up the bulk of plants but is not fit for human consumption.

«What this teaches researchers doing protein engineering on these incredibly challenging enzymes is that there are very minor changes to this catalytic domain that can be modified to dramatically affect the performance of the enzyme, making it capable of breaking down cellulose faster and thus allowing industrial processes to use less enzyme.»

Trees incorporate the depleted oxygen into their cellulose, and the longleaf pine in particular relies heavily on precipitated water, so isotope variations should show up strongly between rings.

A promising source of hydrogen is the organic compound cellulose, which is a key component of plants and the most abundant biopolymer on Earth.

At his institute, agronomists will work on identifying or creating the fuel crop of the future, while bio-prospectors will hunt for enzymes that quickly convert tough, indigestible cellulose into sugar.

An international team of scientists has identified and cloned the first gene known to control the production of cellulose — the most abundant organic compound on Earth.

Using atomic force microscopy, the researchers were able to observe enzymes at work on the surface of cellulose particles for the first time and provide direct evidence of their activity.

Cellulose is difficult to break down and ferment, but several facilities in the United States are on the verge of making commercial cellulosic ethanol — for example, by using specialist enzymes to break down the long - chain cellulose molecules — and Brazil doesn't want to be lefCellulose is difficult to break down and ferment, but several facilities in the United States are on the verge of making commercial cellulosic ethanol — for example, by using specialist enzymes to break down the long - chain cellulose molecules — and Brazil doesn't want to be lefcellulose molecules — and Brazil doesn't want to be left behind.

Enrichment of high - fat diets with cellulose had a mild effect on microbiota levels.

The method was successfully tested on lab mice by injecting the cellulose scaffolding under its skin.

Meanwhile, researchers of the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign are working on a low - redundancy sequence of a related microbe, Ruminococcus flavefaciens, which also breaks down cellulose, and TIGR has recently started to sequence Prevotella ruminicola, which degrades non-cellulose polysaccharides such as xylan and starch.