Sentences with phrase «on osmosis»

Kate Ravilious reports on the Norwegian company Statkraft's proposal to build a football - stadium - sized plant along a Norwegian fjord that would produce, at best, 25 megawatts of electricity by a process based on osmosis (28 February, p 40).

He worked on osmosis and colloids, which are suspensions of nanometer - sized particles.

Not exact matches

Forward osmosis relies on a similar system, and it doesn't require the high - pressure pumps that reverse osmosis uses.

So forward osmosis is a good way to get rid of a wide range of contaminants that might be in the water, since the membrane will weed them out — but you still end up with saltwater on the other side, meaning you must go through an additional desalination step at the end to totally purify the water.

A tiny start - up in Boston is pioneering a revolution in the wastewater treatment industry that could turn it on its head: a forward - osmosis technology to purify the water used in fracking.

We have an early adoption approach to relevant new technology — for example pioneering work on anaerobic lagoons, reverse osmosis and heat recovery.

So far, I have proposed that many activist evangelicals have really come to hold their social views on the basis of cultural osmosis or legitimate political argumentation.

Our biggest influences to this point have been the band we've toured with... Foals, Bear in Heaven, and others who have inspired us by osmosis over the course of months on the road.

By the end of 2014, Sweet Tree Holdings installed 93,000 taps and installed four reverse osmosis machines on its first property.

[Music plays and CSIRO logo and text appears on screen: CSIRO and Porifera demonstrate the first forward osmosis unit for the food industry in Australia]

As a result, forward osmosis units can be installed on - farm such as dairy farms, not just in factories.

We went the whole hog and installed a reverse osmosis water filtration system for our drinking water (because our wonderful local government decided to fluoridate the water supply... ggrrrrr... and for the rest of the house we have a basic (same job as your brita filter) water filter so all our other water has no chlorine — oh the happy veggies and my skin is much improved... also my son has stopped sneezing when he turns a tap on.

As part of Nestlé Waters» ongoing efforts to improve the water efficiency of their operations, the company has implemented a number of conservation techniques and initiatives in their factories over the years, including reverse osmosis to better filter and reuse wastewater, advanced water mapping to more carefully manage the flow of water in and out of the plants, and xeriscaping to reduce supplemental irrigation on the grounds of each factory.

We have an early adoption approach to relevant new technology — for example pioneering work on anaerobic lagoons, reverse osmosis and heat recovery.

With a recent clinical trial showing a 110 % improvement in skin elasticity in just 8 weeks, Osmosis Pür Medical Skincare's Catalyst AC - 11 DNA Repair Serum is now one of the most powerful age reversing serums on the market right now.

The water on the Turks and Caicos Islands is potable but as on many Islands, fresh water is precious, and they depend upon rainfall or desalinated water produced by reverse osmosis for the supply.

But even with you pledging to be on your best behavior on a regular basis, there does need to be some teaching and explaining involved — manners can't be learned strictly by osmosis.

But even with respect to the older child, I believe that Satter would say (and she indicated as much in an email to me) that with respect to any behavior at the table, whether it's eating vegetables or putting one's napkin on one's lap, children learn far better by osmosis — by observing your behavior — than through any overt parental pressure, which more often than not can backfire.

While you can't completely shield your children from whatever crises you face (even if they're not directly involved, kids are notorious for picking up on stressful situations their parents face, as if by osmosis), you can do other things to minimize their exposure to the stress.

Not all of this is coming out of your sink, of course, but the best reverse osmosis water system for your home should have a higher GPD depending on your water usage.

This wind - powered desalination plant uses an inexpensive reverse osmosis technology to scrub salts and impurities from water in the Uletsumana Wayuu community on Colombia's Guajira Peninsula.

Drawing on his old expertise in osmosis and diffusion, he worked for two days on a process of gaseous diffusion in which uranium was converted into a gas and forced through filters.

The research on reverse osmosis filtration was published online in January in the journal Chemosphere.

The study on reverse osmosis looked at how well this water purification technique removed synthetic antimicrobials called ionophores, which are used to promote growth in dairy cows and to treat coccidiosis, a costly, parasitic disease in the cattle industry that affects mostly young calves.

Existing desalination plants rely on reverse osmosis, vacuum distillation, or a combination of the two.

«Enhancing lab - on - a-chip peristalsis with electro - osmosis: Researchers have conducted analyses to electrically increase liquid flow in pump - free microfluidic devices.»

Carbon filters are the way to go if you're on a budget, while reverse - osmosis and solid - block carbon filters are great options if you're willing to shell out a bit more to get rid of more pollutants.

I wondered what separated the RL system from other reverse osmosis systems on the market.

Containing a high concentration of gingerol and shoga, which have anti-inflammatory and anti-spasmodic effects on the gastrointestinal system, there are many ways you can utilize ginger to detox heavy metals, such as a detox bath complete with Epsom salts to create a process called reverse osmosis.

Effects of plastics on human health and the environment are devastating and unless you are using reverse osmosis, the Big Berkey, or distillation filtration methods, you are drinking them.

Depending on your model, you are generally advised to replace the reverse osmosis membrane every 2 - 3 years (though some models last much longer), and multiple (generally 1 - 5) carbon filter cartridges every 6 - 12 months.

Today, our reverse osmosis water filtration systems are among the most efficient, reliable, and economical water purifiers on the market, whether you require pure water for your home or aquarium

Transport of most nutrients across the intestinal wall (absorption) is not regulated, so it depends only on common transport principles, like osmosis and electro - chemical gradient, but not on nutrient blood levels.

You can read more details about cost - effective reverse osmosis filters in my article on dental triggers for Hashimoto's.

So a reverse osmosis filter (the only one I'm aware of that removes fluoride completely or virtually completely) is a good idea or drinking spring water but stay away from plastic bottles as not only are they horrifically unsustainable and bad for our health, but BPA has an effect on hormones and can be very bad for thyroid health.

Ideally, drink only spring water from remote places on earth, as it will be free from pollutants and more hydrating than many filtered waters like reverse osmosis.

Using a filtration system on the tap that provides drinking water will prevent any of the pollutants and toxins from getting to your family's drinking water and there are other methods of maintaining a higher quality of water throughout the house and even outside, including reverse osmosis systems.

i live in the Chicago land area and I would be interested in the installer info since I found out reverse osmosis is only 150 on Amazon and I don't see myself not my apt people knowing exactly what needs to be done

Some people believe that the longer you leave on a sheet mask the better, but Christine Chang, co-founder of Glow Recipe believes it can actually have a reverse osmosis effect.

There's a reason we feature Osmosis + Colour on Prime Beauty so often, their products truly deliver on a consistent basis.

It seems that much of your opinion on Man of Steel depends on your relationship with Superman — whether you're an avid comic book fan or someone who's only familiar with him from the Richard Donner movies (or even just pop culture osmosis).

A microscopic buddy flick complete with a crusty police captain, a megalomaniacal Mayor Phlegmming (William Shatner) bent on re-election, a sexy single cell (Brandy) who won't give our unfairly - maligned leukocyte the time of day, and a series of breathtaking circulatory car chases (along the Vena Cava Expressway) that take us on a giddy tour through all the major towns of Frank (and a few greasy fly - by - night joints like the club carbuncle), Osmosis Jones is amazingly fun and clever.

THE DVD by Bill Chambers Osmosis Jones will be the hit on video that it wasn't in theatres, just you wait; and if the film never was the most enticing prospect, the Osmosis Jones DVD surely is, in terms of picture and sound.

Of course, it often isn't clear whether Brooks has actually seen a Star Wars film or is relying on images he absorbed through cultural osmosis.

Includes questions on diffusion, facilitative diffusion, osmosis, active transport, co-transport and the plasma membrane.

After this lesson, the interviewer asked her why she did not use microscopes to let students see osmosis acting on actual cells.

While teaching an introductory unit on cells to her seventh - grade students, Kelly used several simulations to demonstrate how osmosis functions in hypertonic and hypotonic solutions.

You can just absorb knowledge almost by osmosis, so much knowledge on there.

This occurs when certain substances cause excess water to be retained or drawn into the bowels based on the principles of osmosis.

but, later got hooked on them via osmosis XD