Sentences with phrase «organic compounds including»

Kristen Meyer, a science major specializing in chemistry, received the award based on her research with fungi and how her undergraduate work will support her long - term commitment to biomedical research and the development of novel organic compounds including antibiotics.

This liquid - like ice may enhance the formation of organic compounds including prebiotic molecules and the accretion of dust to form planets.

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A study published in the Archives of Environmental Health in 1999, found that disposable diapers release chemicals called volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene and dipentene.

In fact, the E.P.A. says the lake that Martens bobbed around in for about ten minutes while wearing a life jacket contains the following substances: «mercury, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); pesticides; creosotes; heavy metals including lead, cobalt, and mercury; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as chlorobenzene.»

As a result, the soil and groundwater were contaminated with hazardous substances including heavy metals and semi-volatile organic compounds.

Scientific American covers this year's winners, whose work includes advances in the study of nanotechnology, the building of complex organic compounds, the development of in vitro fertilization and the understanding of «search friction» in the job market

The researchers, who released their findings in the current issue of the Journal of Functional Foods, suggest that cruciferous vegetables — such as broccoli, brussels sprouts and cabbage — contain an organic chemical compound called indole glucosinolates, which breaks down into other compounds, including indolocarbazole — ICZ — in the stomach.

These experiments suggest that real interstellar ice might behave like a liquid, enhancing the formation of organic compounds, including prebiotic molecules.

1H and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectra should be included in supplementary materials for all synthesized organic compounds.

With its sophisticated on - board chemistry lab, Curiosity is hunting for more robust signs of habitability, including organic compounds — the carbon - based building blocks of life as we know it.

By simply adding the starting compounds, Cronin's team could synthesize a variety of simple compounds, including a ring - containing organic compound called ethylbenzene.

Included are volatile organic compounds like trichloroethylene and benzene that are known carcinogens.

The air pollutants analyzed for the coal system included particulate matter (soot), mercury, volatile organic compounds, nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides.

The air we breathe is chock - full of organic compounds, tiny liquid or solid particles that come from hundreds of sources including trees, volcanoes, cars, trucks and wood fires.

The term «organic» was originally confined to compounds produced by living organisms but now extended to include synthetic substances based on carbons and includes plastics.

Such model included meteorological factors like levels of aerosols, anthropogenic and biogenic volatile organic compounds (VOCs), ozone, carbon dioxide, methane, and other items that influence global temperature — the surface albedo among them.

In addition to methane, these «organic compounds» also include a large number of other gases that play an important role in the atmosphere.

Some autotrophic bacteria are used by EcoVerde (including Theobacilus) to remove hydrogen sulfide and methane; heterotrophic bacteria remove VOCs (volatile organic compounds).

Other meteorites — including Murray, which landed in Kentucky in 1950, and Allende, which made landfall in Mexico in 1969 — have been shown to contain similar organic compounds.

Analysis indicates that the rock contains millions of organic compounds, including amino acids that could not have come from terrestrial contamination.

This includes the role of oxidized volatile organic compounds, such as limonene and alpha - pinene, the typical scents of the citrus fruits and coniferous forests, in aerosol formation.

As crude oil burns it releases many toxic chemicals, including lead, carbon monoxide, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and volatile organic compounds, says Bin Jalaludin at the University of New South Wales in Australia.

«There is a great range of organic compounds within these meteorites, including a very primitive type of organics that likely represent the early solar system's organic composition.»

Adapted to their very hot but watery environment, these microbes metabolized hydrogen - rich compounds or dead or live organic materials to derive the energy that sustains anaerobic life, including sulfate - reducing bacteria that produce Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S), fermentative bacteria that produce carbon dioxide and alcohol -LRB-- OH), and methanogenic bacteria — the methanogens found in sewage and mudflats today — that produce methane (CH4) gas as a waste product.

Analyses of the sunlight reflected off the asteroid also show that organic compounds are widespread on the surface, he added, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, CH2 and CH3.

Stormwater is effectively a toxic mixture that can include polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, many of which are carcinogenic, metals, suspended particles, and other organic compounds, most of which have yet to be identified.

They determined that natural organic substances originating from foods, including fruits, soy, and green or black tea, react when tap water is chlorinated, forming dangerous cancer causing compounds.

Wood naturally contains chloride compounds that are oxidized under high heat, producing chlorine that readily reacts with organic compounds to form organochlorines, including dioxins.

Onions have many valuable medicinal applications because of the nutrients, vitamins, minerals, and organic compounds contained in them, including the presence of sulfuric compounds and quercetin in traces of the essential oils.

They go on to say, «The manufacture of polyester and other synthetic fabrics is an energy - intensive process requiring large amounts of crude oil and releasing emissions including volatile organic compounds, particulate matter, and acid gases such as hydrogen chloride, all of which can cause or aggravate respiratory disease.»

It starts as the organic compound acrylonitrile, which is then combined with several catalyst compounds and processed in several ways, including distillation, centrifugation, and refining, and voila, beta - alanine is born.

So while organic, cold - pressed canola oil may have health - promoting compounds, most uses of canola oil include high - heat cooking.

(They didn't measure for other common ingredients in fragranced products, including benzene, formaldehyde and volatile organic compounds (VOCs).

The eco-INSTITUT evaluates the latex for an extensive list of chemicals including: formaldehyde, VOCS (volatile organic compounds), heavy metals, pesticides, phthalates, and other potentially harmful chemicals.

The staggering health benefits of pumpkin seeds come from its unusual nutritional composition, including impressive levels of manganese, tryptophan, magnesium, copper, phosphorous, zinc, iron, and protein, as well as smaller amounts of B complex vitamins, and vitamin A. Furthermore, pumpkin seeds have phytosterols, an organic compound that also contributes to their healthy qualities.

Indoor air quality is defined by the concentrations of various pollutants, including carbon dioxide (CO2), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), moulds, dusts and airborne fungi.

«My instinct is that it only makes sense to prevent children's exposure to chemicals known to affect the nervous system, and those include pesticides, solvents, many volatile organic compounds, metals, PCBs, and thousands of other poorly tested synthetic chemicals now in commerce.

Some of the worst air pollutants include nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds, particulate matter, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide.

Environmental technologies include extensive work to create an U-LEV certification in Japan for the 3.8 - liter twin turbo engine and reduced levels of volatile organic compound for materials used in the car.

Biological residue is defined as any substance, including metabolites, remaining in poultry at the time of slaughter or in any of its tissues after slaughter, as the result of treatment or exposure of the live poultry to a pesticide, organic compound, metallic or inorganic compound, hormone, hormone - like substance, growth promoter, antibiotic, anthelmintic, tranquilizer, or other agent that leaves a residue (9 CFR 381.1).»

Another recent video by Clean Air Task Force is aimed at policy makers, and highlights the industry's release of 9 million tons of invisible pollutants every year, including footage of methane and volatile organic compounds shown escaping from a hydrocarbon storage tank.

EcoRaider's active ingredients include geraniol, cedar extract, and sodium lauryl sulfate, which is an organic compound that can be derived from coconut or palm oils.

The same consideration for organic compounds, including oil, and anthropogenic products, including: photovoltaic panels, windmills, and batteries.

These include: plants receiving NO3 as their sole source of nitrogen (N) accumulate less organic N under elevated than ambient CO2 (refs 7,911); plants subjected to a pulse of 15N - NO3 - incorporate less 15N into organic N compounds under elevated than ambient CO2 (ref.

RCP4.5 considered the influences of a broader set of anthropogenic emissions including CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, and SF6, but also chemically active gases such as carbon monoxide (CO) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs).

However, because of its acidity, H2SO4 (and potentially MSA) can enhance the formation and growth of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) from organic compounds (5, 44, 45), including those produced by homogeneous nucleation of low - volatility species (46).

An international team of researchers report in Nature Communications that they made a computer model of the planet's atmospheric conditions: they included natural and human - triggered aerosols, volatile organic compounds, greenhouse gases and other factors that influence temperature, one of which is albedo: the scientist's word for the capacity of terrain to absorb or reflect solar radiation.

The growth medium is an aqueous solution or heterogeneous mixture including dissolved gases, organic and inorganic compounds, particulate matter, living organisms (e.g., algae), and the like.

Recalling the concern reflected in the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled «The future we want», 1 that the health of oceans and marine biodiversity are negatively affected by marine pollution, including marine debris, especially plastic, persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals and nitrogen - based compounds, from numerous marine and land - based sources, and the commitment to take action to significantly reduce the incidence and impacts of such pollution on marine ecosystems, Noting the international action being taken to promote the sound management of chemicals throughout their life cycle and waste in ways that lead to the prevention and minimization of significant adverse effects on human health and the environment, Recalling the Manila Declaration on Furthering the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities adopted by the Third Intergovernmental Review Meeting on the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities, which highlighted the relevance of the Honolulu Strategy and the Honolulu Commitment and recommended the establishment of a global partnership on marine litter, Taking note of the decisions adopted by the eleventh Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity on addressing the impacts of marine debris on marine and coastal biodiversity, Recalling that the General Assembly declared 2014 the International Year of Small Island Developing States and that such States have identified waste management among their priorities for action, Noting with concern the serious impact which marine litter, including plastics stemming from land and sea - based sources, can have on the marine environment, marine ecosystem services, marine natural resources, fisheries, tourism and the economy, as well as the potential risks to human health; 1.