Sentences with phrase «presents more surface area»

Smaller, dispersed droplets are less threatening for two reasons: they present more surface area to the water, so ocean bacteria can degrade the oil faster; plus, the small droplets are much slower to rise to the surface, keeping the oil at sea instead of in coastal wetlands and giving the bacteria more time to do their magic.

Not exact matches

And earlier this year at the annual meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, Turner's team presented results they're now writing up on the cortical thickness and surface area of schizophrenia patients, using data from more than 30 centers in Australia, Korea, Japan, South Africa, Europe, and the U.S. «The goal is replicability,» says Turner.