Sentences with phrase «pumped into»

In regards to the flickering light therapy, there are no chemicals or small molecules that have to be pumped into your body.
Through the small tubes of this spiny instrument, seawater enriched with carbon dioxide is pumped into the bags and distributed evenly inside them.
Ballast water is water that is pumped into the hull of a ship in order to stabilize it against the rough conditions of an ocean voyage.
The transport processes are also very variable from winter to winter and the amount of ozone pumped into the Arctic is also correlated with temperature (this is not a causal relationship — the correlation exists, because variability in temperatures and in ozone transport are both driven by the same atmospheric processes).
When I started hearing about it, the way they find them is through sewage, and they purify them, and Steffanie said to me, «So how does it feel to have purified sewage pumped into your system and having it cure you?»
That shift changes where heat is pumped into the tropical atmosphere, disrupting its typical circulation patterns.
These proteins are pumped into the cell through a narrow pore and disrupt cellular processes, often resulting in the cell's death.
New research led by Arrigo found that the most important determinant of productivity — or the abundance of phytoplankton — in these polynyas is iron that is being pumped into them by glacial meltwater.
The device gathers data on how tracers — microscopic particles that can be pumped into and recovered from wells — move through deep rock formations that have been opened by hydraulic fracturing.
Fluids are pumped into a wellbore under high pressure to fracture rocks, and materials called «proppants,» like sand or ceramic, hold the fractures open.
So, in the same spirit, perhaps city governments offer solutions to the problems caused by the 90 million metric tons of greenhouse gases pumped into the atmosphere daily.
Scientists have documented an astronomical rise in seismic activity across the central and eastern United States, linking it to wastewater pumped into the ground from burgeoning oil and gas production.
As more electrons are pumped into the system, they draw energy from surfing that wake and accelerate, building in intensity like a tsunami.
More hydraulic fluid is pumped into the lower compartment, which raises the piston and in turn compresses the water — only a little, though, because water is highly resistant to compression.
Lal calculates that land - use changes such as these have stripped 70 billion to 100 billion tons of carbon from the world's soils and pumped it into the earth's atmosphere, oceans, and lakes since the dawn of agriculture.
After it is pumped into a well at a geothermal hot spot, pressurized carbon dioxide is injected into the well.
More than 640,000 barrels a day of the crude were being pumped into rail cars this year across the region.
Radioactive CO2 is pumped into rock samples from the reservoirs where the CO2 is to be stored.
So after each layer is deposited, nitrogen fluoride is pumped into the chamber and is split to release highly reactive fluorine atoms that clean the walls.
Beltz's team then extracted haemocytes from «donor» crayfish, labelled them with a DNA dye and pumped them into different «receptor» crayfish.
When CO2 is pumped into underground porous rocks, it combines with metal ions in the salty water that fills the rock pores and mineralizes into mineral carbonates, such as calcium carbonate (CaCO3).
The scientists studied works painted around the times of major volcanic eruptions, such as the cataclysmic explosion of Mount Krakatoa in 1883, to measure how much pollution was pumped into the skies.
To get electricity from it, the liquids are pumped into a chamber separated by a membrane, sparking an electron - producing chemical reaction across the membrane.
In a practice known as enhanced oil recovery (EOR), CO2 gas is pumped into existing wells to force the release of more oil.
CO2 pumped into these formations are sealed under impermeable cap rocks, where it gradually dissolves into the salty water and mineralizes.
Once the sludge has settled, the clean water is drawn off the top and the sludge pumped into a smaller tank, where it is mixed with caustic soda.
When power is needed, the two liquids are pumped into the central stack.
He then mixes the ultrafine powder with water so it can be pumped into the ground.
His actuators are made from soft polymer materials called elastomers, and his first prototype, a six - fingered gripper, resembles a starfish: when air is pumped into it through a thin tube, air sacs within expand, causing its digits to contract in a gentle grasping motion.
The electrons are then collected and the electrical energy pumped into the grid.
Overdoses of fentanyl, thought to be the knockout agent pumped into a Russian theater full of hostages, can kill.
It can be pumped into underground cavities and tapped later.
For example, added water vapor pumped into the upper atmosphere from the chimney increases the amount of energy trapped there, in turn heating the planet further.
NIF's ultimate goal is «ignition,» a self - sustaining reaction that produces more energy than was pumped into the target by the laser beams.
At the moment, sewage from hotels and resorts is generally pumped into deep - injection wells 90 meters (about 300 feet) below ground level, sometimes straight into undersea caves.
One thing that needs to be assessed, says Day, is a possible «ecological disaster in the making» as flood water contaminated with «heavy metals, petroleum products, and who knows what else» is pumped into the wetland.
A surprising recent rise in atmospheric methane likely stems from wetland emissions, suggesting that much more of the potent greenhouse gas will be pumped into the atmosphere as northern wetlands continue to thaw and tropical ones to warm, according to a new international study led by a University of Guelph researcher.
This kind of human - induced slip happens at very small scales all the time at geothermal plants and other locations where water is pumped into the earth.
But the process can become overwhelmed when too much of the contaminant is pumped into a waterway, allowing nitrate to flow to coastal waters.
This may have been triggered by a 250 - million - year lull in volcanic activity, which would have meant less carbon dioxide being pumped into the atmosphere, and a reduced greenhouse effect.
Although electrolyte leakage is still undesired, its danger is minimized by the use of either the normal saline solution pumped into the body in most IV treatments or a cell - culture medium that contains amino acids, sugars, and vitamins in addition to sodium ions and thus mimics the fluid that surrounds human cells.
What is clear, of course, is that every wind farm that goes up means less CO2 pumped into atmosphere.
AIRFLOW: The way air is circulated through most cabins has not changed since the 1980s: air from the engine's compressors is adjusted for temperature, mixed with recycled and filtered air, and then pumped into the cabin above passengers.
In his ice - cream freezer, the mix is pumped into a space less than an inch thick along the wall of the freezer barrel.
Researchers created a prototype smart glass that is retroreflective (left) and becomes clear (right) when a liquid with optical properties similar to the reflective structure is pumped into a chamber in front of the structure.
Understanding how ocean gases are pumped into the upper atmosphere could help predict and even regulate our future world environment
A new experiment releases more energy than is pumped into fuel — a major milestone — but a long journey still remains for sustainable energy from fusion
Impact of government spending The biggest unknown factor: What impact — if any — will energy markets feel from trillions of dollars being pumped into the economy by Congress and the Federal Reserve?
The solutions are pumped into a cell containing a membrane between the two fluids with electrodes on either side, releasing energy.
Currently, China is working on a pledge to curb emissions intensity — the amount of carbon pumped into the atmosphere per unit of gross domestic product — but has not indicated when it might cut absolute emissions.
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