Sentences with phrase «organic molecules trapped»

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During an impact, clay could have trapped substantial amounts of the organic molecules formed in the same event, and then settled as marine sediment, the researchers say.

Known for their exceptional porosity that enables the trapping or transport of molecules, metal - organic frameworks (MOFs) take the form of a powder, which makes them difficult to format.

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.

A frosty CSI - style piece of kit that isolated organic molecules in a laser trap and determined their molecular structure.

«Once the salt is taken care of and the distasteful organic molecules have been trapped in an activated charcoal filter,» Roach writes in the book, «urine is a restorative and surprisingly drinkable lunchtime beverage.

Ancient organic matter trapped in rock might have been destroyed by water flowing through the rock, which would have split apart the organic molecules and produced carbon dioxide gas.

Washington, DC — A team of scientists including Carnegie's Tim Strobel and Venkata Bhadram now report unexpected quantum behavior of hydrogen molecules, H2, trapped within tiny cages made of organic...

Methane hydrates — methane molecules trapped in frozen water molecule cages in tundra and on continental shelves — and organic matter such as peat locked in frozen soils (permafrost) are likely mechanisms in the past hyperthermals, and they provide another climate feedback with the potential to amplify global warming if large scale thawing occurs [209]--[210].

PNNL scientists found that secondary organic aerosols formed in the presence of the toxic pollutant known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) trapped the PAH molecules inside, shielding them from degradation.