Sentences with phrase «organic material like»

When organic material like food or animal waste breaks down, it releases methane, a potent global warming gas.

When organic material like food waste is sent to landfills, it generates methane — a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

Nature's Miracle stain remover (we bought this when we were potty training our Yorkie; we love it for baby stains to because it removes organic material like urine and vomit with enzymes)

If your baby is sensitive to cheap pillows you should look for some organic materials like cotton or bamboo fibers.

Artifacts made of organic materials like wood — much less likely than stone to survive the millennia — give us «another window to the past,» Lee notes.

Carbon - 14 dating requires organic materials like bone or wood.

«What we have shown is that nanoparticles of inorganic materials, just like the organic materials like early amino acids, can not only self - assemble, but can do so in a way that exhibits chirality,» said Nicholas Kotov, the Joseph B. and Florence V. Cejka Professor of Engineering and a professor of chemical engineering, materials science and engineering and molecular science and engineering at U-M.

Made entirely of organic materials like chitin, it is both extremely rigid at its tip, yet soft and supple at its base.

To understand these shifting sands, Josef Dufek at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta and his colleagues placed grains of organic materials like those on Titan's surface in a chamber that simulated conditions there.

When organic materials like food and yard waste end up buried in a landfill, they not only take up space but release a harmly greenhouse gas called methane.

In the collars and leashes department, this means using organic materials like hemp, cotton and soy.

Through repetitive, labor - intensive processes, Okore transforms discarded and organic materials like burlap, newspapers, plastic bags and twine into large - scale wall hangings and installations.

Throughout, the artist has been exploring the relationship between humans and the environment, often working with organic materials like fruit, flowers, chocolate, and dirt to capture processes of transformation, both natural and industrial.

These experiments include literature sausages filled with ground - up books, newspapers or magazines in place of meat; the use of organic materials like pudding or fruit juice in lieu of printing inks; multiples of plastic toys mired in chocolate; and a dazzling array of variations on printed postcards.

Ms. Gallaccio, who was born in Scotland, lives in London and is a first - generation Y.B.A. (Young British Artist), is known for using organic materials like fruit, flowers, ice and chocolate, which decay or disintegrate while on display.

Not exact matches

But increasingly farmers also sell biomass — the residue left over after crops like corn and wheat are harvested — to companies developing fuel from organic material.

For example, one of the mission's instruments called the Mapping Imaging Spectrometer for Europa (MISE) will identify and map the amount of possible life - giving elements like organic material, salts, and acid hydrates in Europa's surface and underwater ocean.

Every second, as my heart beats, tiny bits of mineral and organic material are sent to parts of the body that need it, performing ongoing repairs that will never finish, like painting the Forth Bridge, hour after hour, year after year.

Natural ingredients, like organic raw materials, are not certified by a third - party organisation, and due to this the lack of regulation, the term «natural» has been applied to ingredients derived from GMO materials or to ingredients that, although initially derived from natural sources, have lost any «naturalness» after so many synthetic chemical treatments.

AFA can not be broken down any further, however like any other organic material AFA still does degrade further after a period of time in the refrigerator.

Even in organic diapers, the outer (waterproof) shells are made with waterproof materials like PUL and TPU, but the shells do not lay next to baby's skin.

Once you combine these organic materials with a perfectly fitting waterproof cover you get an amazing all in one diaper that prevents leaks like a dream.

You will find that organic mattresses use natural materials like bamboo to have the same result without using any chemicals.

Biomass is a term that covers different types of organic material that can be processed and burned to produce energy, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, and can include materials like wood chips, agricultural crops, and sewage.

They offer a line of mattresses that are handcrafted with the best organic and all natural materials like certified organic cotton and natural wool.

Just like with the Smart Bottoms Too Smart Cover, the first thing I saw was that this diaper is made of high quality materials — the PUL, the organic cotton, and the snaps are all very sturdy.

There's something almost painful to me about looking at my fridge overstuffed with produce and knowing that many people — people who might actually benefit from doing an elimination diet — will never have access to the Whole30 materials or the means to buy mostly organic meats, vegetables, fruits, and new fats like ghee and coconut oil.

Green materials like bamboo, organic cloth and stainless steel are found in their green back - to - school collection.

Organic Cotton Muslin Crib Sheet and Quilt by Little Unicorn: Little Unicorn strictly uses baby - safe materials like 100 % organic cotton muslin.

We have a lot of plastic toys around the house, but I like that her room is more organic and natural - «materialed».

Not only can I find eco-friendly, fashionable clothes from prAna that are made with materials like organic cotton, recycled polyester, hemp and recycled wool, but I can rest easy knowing that everything is made sustainable, responsible, and environmentally conscious.

For one, the company really places an emphasis on using quality materials like organic cotton grown without the use of toxic pesticides and fertilizers.

The material is a light - weight organic cotton (like a canvas material) and seems very durable.

If like me, you're concerned about keeping baby safe from toxins and non-organic material, this is an ideal mattress as it is made from organic latex and is free from a variety of chemicals that are often used in mattresses.

Use moisturizers and natural, breathable materials like organic cotton.

Soft, washable materials, like organic cotton and cotton fleece, work best.

«We've had this debate going on for a couple of years now — are they red because of good old - fashioned rust like Mars, or because of the same kinds of organic materials... that make carrots and tomatoes and watermelon red?»

As global temperatures rise and permafrost thaws, the previously frozen organic material begins to decay and releases greenhouse gases like methane and carbon dioxide.

Evidence for such an origin might be bolstered if scientists find signs of other materials known to be present in comets, like carbon - based compounds called organics.

As the hot hydrothermal fluid flows through this mud, it «cooks» organic material, forming methane (natural gas) and oil - like hydrocarbons.

This dead organic material provides the perfect habitat for a plethora of organisms, including worms, snails, spiders, and microscopic decomposers like fungi and bacteria.

«We have also found that a half - metre thick coating of organic - rich material could have protected a water - ice - rich comet - like interior from vaporizing when the object was heated by the sun, even though it was heated to over 300 degrees centigrade.»

Unlike typical silicon actuators, the printable actuator is based on solution - processed organic materials and behaves like «artificial muscles.»

The latter focuses on zeolites and metal — organic frameworks: sponge - like materials with regularly repeating holes in their crystal structures that can trap gas molecules and could be used to store methane or carbon dioxide.

Smartphones and tablet computers use organic light - emitting diode (OLED) technology to produce images and manufacturers are experimenting with thinner and flexible material for use in new products — like fabrics or windows.

When Schweitzer first began working with the fossils, the specimens looked like others she had encountered, in which all the organic material has ordinarily decayed and been replaced by rock within a million years of the animal's death.

Waka Nakanishi, an organic chemist at the National Institute for Materials Science in Tsukuba, Japan, has designed a nanocar with two sets of «flaps» that are intended to flutter like butterfly wings when the molecule is energized by the STM tip.

In their work with films of DXPs and other organics, researchers found that two problems prevented the films from acting like good MR materials.

Like all plants, mangroves fix carbon dioxide from the air through photosynthesis and return organic material to the soil when they decompose.

One important class of organic solar cells uses dyes applied to a semiconductor material like titanium dioxide (TiO2), for example.