Sentences with phrase «surface chemical compounds»

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In my cell biology course, we investigate the biology and chemistry of a cell surface receptor that helps induce good feelings in us when it binds to a chemical compound found in incense; this may help explain why so many different cultures and religions have independently evolved the use of incense in their ceremonies and rituals.

When tested for pesticide residue, strawberries have an average of 45 different chemical compounds lingering on their surface.

It's a chemical compound used to manufacture non-stick surfaces such as Teflon and in other processes.

A study in the journal Chemical Research in Toxicology finds that mercury on the surface of dental fillings slowly turns to an inert sulfide compound, which should keep the mercury from harming the nervous system.

Using this strategy, researchers can engineer specific cells to produce a surface receptor that binds to a chemical compound known as CNO, a derivative of clozapine.

The experiments showed that, in the search for egg - laying sites, the flies respond to the texture of the fruit, to the chemical composition of the surface and to characteristic odor compounds.

On Thursday BP began using the chemical compounds to dissolve the crude oil, both on the surface and deep below, deploying an estimated 100,000 gallons

Steve: Right, its problems chemically, and we've barely scratched the surface of what the chemical compounds are that are out there that these species have come up with.

Cold, sluggish Titan has evolved much more slowly, so the dirty orange organic chemicals that tint its surface — most likely dominated by tarry compounds called tholins — could be a deep - freeze model of early Earth.

Using spectral readings from telescopes at the Keck Observatory in Hawaii, Hand has found high levels of oxidative chemicals such as sulfate, oxygen, sulfur dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on Europa's surface, which are produced as ionizing radiation from Jupiter scours it, splitting apart water molecules and sulfur compounds in the uppermost layers of its ice.

Increasingly, Chan said, chemicals from PPCPs for people and pets are being found at low levels in groundwater and surface water; anti-inflammatories, antidepressants, antibiotics, estrogens, insect repellant, antimicrobials and sunscreen compounds are among what's being detected.

The newly developed method, which enables observation of materials and substances like alloys, semiconductors, and chemical compounds in a relatively short time, holds promise of becoming widely used in the research and development of surfaces and devices.

This is similar to surface - active agents (surfactants), a chemical compound used to maintain dispersions or emulsion, and thus raised the exciting possibility that Ki - 67 acts as a biological surfactant to disperse mitotic chromosomes.

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I have specific anti chafing compounds that I'm a fan of because they're natural, because they're not introducing a lot of benzene compounds on to your skin surface or you're not basically creating a chemical cocktail in your armpits.

Quick pulses of ultraviolet light flash over the mushroom's surface, going through it, and setting off a chemical process that converts a compound similar to cholesterol inside the mushrooms into vitamin D.

The predominant compounds of clary sage oil are linalyl acetate and linalool, identically to lavender oil, and lavender essential oil can increase collagen formation in wounds and suppress pro-inflammatory chemicals behind acne called neutrophils on the skin's surface.