It turns out the caterpillars can break down the bag's polyethylene into ethylene glycol, which can be readily converted into
useful substances such as antifreeze.
Not exact matches
It's
such a versatile
substance, I find it really
useful.
«This is precisely why a comprehensive mathematical model is so
useful: we use accessible data from the production process in real time,
such as the concentration of various
substances in the bioreactor, and use our computer model to calculate the most probable state of the process.»
These
useful substances exist in only the most minuscule traces in lunar soil — but
such an enormous amount of surface material would have to be processed to harvest helium 3 that they would accumulate in significant amounts.
In addition to their possible use in cleaning up toxic wastes and in generating energy, the microbes may also yield
useful substances and pharmaceuticals with commercial and technological applications,
such as heat - resistant enzymes that can be used in detergents.
Transcriptic CEO Max Hodak says his company's services have appealed most to personalized medicine companies,
such as De Silva's, and to synthetic biology companies that are tweaking the DNA of microorganisms to make them produce
useful substances.
Fish oil supplements for dogs may be
useful to prevent atopy (allergies to inhaled
substances such as pollens and molds) from developing, particularly in puppies and young dogs.
There are global (broadband) scales that may screen for several conditions, and there are domain - specific (single - condition) tools are most
useful for screening for a specific problem,
such as
substance use or adolescent depression and suicidality.32
Community approaches,
such as home visitation, have been shown to be highly successful in changing the behavior of parents at risk for perpetrating maltreatment.18 Targeted programs for mothers with affective disorders and
substance abuse have also been shown to be
useful in preventing psychological maltreatment.19, 20