Sentences with phrase «water is ubiquitous»

«Water is ubiquitous and abundant in biomass - derived feedstocks,» said Dr. Hui Shi, a postdoctorate fellow who has worked for 3 years at PNNL and participated in this joint research.

And since water is ubiquitous we can't chemically modify water, how can you identify the carrier for water?

Not exact matches

BPA, a ubiquitous and dangerous chemical used in the manufacturing of many plastics, is found in water sources around the world.

Travis Book, an environmental group manager at Barclay Water Management, said it is fairly common for cooling towers to become reinfected with Legionella, the bacteria that causes Legionnaires» disease, even after being cleaned for it, given how ubiquitous it is.

BPA is a ubiquitous component in many plastics, including the form of polycarbonate used to make products such as water and baby bottles, sports equipment, medical and dental devices, and eyeglass lenses.

«Water is one of the most ubiquitous molecules there is,» says Greg Laughlin, an astronomer at the University of California at Santa Cruz who develops theoretical models of extrasolar planets.

Leading USGS water scientists say the connections are nearly ubiquitous, affecting at least part of almost every American waterway.

«But over time the making money part really dwindled, and it's become a mission,» a way to change the global standard of living with ubiquitous energy and access to resources such as raw minerals from asteroids, helium - 3 from the moon, or oxygen, water and other lunar materials for space - or Mars - based habitats.

A particular concern is Microcystis sp., a near - ubiquitous cyanobacterium that thrives in warm, nutrient - rich and stagnant waters around the world.

A bacterium hazardous to people with liver disease or a compromised immune system is ubiquitous in the warm waters around the Florida coast and gets into the oysters.

The concept of a tracer is not new: Other substances, mainly caffeine and certain pharmaceuticals — all of which are used in sufficient quantities that experts say they are ubiquitous in domestic wastewater — have been used to identify water that has made the trek down the drain.

Biofilms are complex systems produced by virtually all bacteria on almost any water / surface boundary and are ubiquitous in nature [18], [19].

And that's a problem because hot water is nearly ubiquitous in biofuel production.

«Microplastics are ubiquitous in the world's oceans and they have been found in both the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans and their adjacent seas, in both coastal areas and offshore,» says Inger Lise Nerland, a PhD candidate at the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA).

He also developed a universal, flexible, polarizable interaction potential for water, which is becoming the potential of choice for simulating the properties of the world's most ubiquitous liquid.

«And we've combined theory and modeling to make sense of those experiments, giving us a deeper fundamental understanding of what is happening with this ubiquitous molecule - water.»

There has long been a debate over how — and when — Earth obtained the water that is ubiquitous on our world today.

Yes, nanotechnology is becoming ubiquitous in our daily lives and has found its way into many commercial products, for example, strong, lightweight materials for better fuel economy; targeted drug delivery for safer and more effective cancer treatments; clean, accessible drinking water around the world; superfast computers with vast amounts of storage; self - cleaning surfaces; wearable health monitors; more efficient solar panels; safer food through packaging and monitoring; regrowth of skin, bone, and nerve cells for better medical outcomes; smart windows that lighten or darken to conserve energy; and nanotechnology - enabled concrete that dries more quickly and has sensors to detect stress or corrosion at the nanoscale in roads, bridges, and buildings.

Ceres... provide evidence that complex organic molecules and even amino acids are ubiquitous on small bodies in the solar system and that water ice is abundant in the asteroid belt.»

«Recent spacecraft studies of Comet 67P / Churyumov - Gerasimenko with Rosetta and of [asteroid] Ceres... provide evidence that complex organic molecules and even amino acids are ubiquitous on small bodies in the solar system and that water ice is abundant in the asteroid belt.»

Less ubiquitous, however, were images of the secondary setback suffered by New Orleans homeowners: an onslaught of aggressive mold left behind by the receding waters, an example of which can be seen in this photo taken less than a month after the storm hit, showing the scarred walls of Danielle Boyce Batten's home in Lakeview, where the 17th Street Canal levee was breached.

Café au lait is more ubiquitous than water.

For instance, Bisphenol - A, which is ubiquitous in the environment and large amounts of which can leach into food and liquids from plastic water bottles and the lining of aluminum cans, is shown to significantly block thyroid activity in all tissues except the pituitary, potentially contributing to or causing weight gain, fatigue, and depression but not detected by TSH testing (128,129,132,133,275).

Another cause is likely to be found in the dangerous harsh chemicals present in our polluted food, air and water supply, ranging from pesticides to artificial hormones (present in meat and dairy from non-organic husbandry), as well as in the ubiquitous electro - magnetic fields from appliances, cell phones, computers, TVs, microwaves etc..

The crotch - grabbing Mexican junk car wholesaler is none other than Alfonso Arau, the ubiquitous character actor and director of Like Water for Chocolate.

For example, many carcinogens (cancer - causing compounds) are now ubiquitous in air and water.

The wail of that ubiquitous island ambassador, Bob Marley, seemed to be coming from every bar and cafe, whose stools overflowed with a sunburned masses gazing at the cerulean water, leafing through guidebooks and sipping Bintang beers.

I work with material that is typically ubiquitous, either natural or non-natural, such as grocery bags and water bottles.

«While wood water tanks are a ubiquitous sight on New York City's rooftops, the artist loads them with substantive content demonstrating how sculpture can function as object and as a messenger of critical issues today.»

Today, artists who represent the water in their work build on a long legacy, but also refer to a ubiquitous feature of nature, which can appear peaceful but is ultimately much more powerful than man alone.

In putting on a destination festival, there is a danger of becoming a luxury product, but Myths avoids this by not selling VIP tickets or offering any of the other ubiquitous festival upsells (VIP water tent!

The color is evocative of the Virgin Mary's lapis robes, and of Venice's ubiquitous water.

Many other challenges such as the distortion of ecosystem services, the loss of biodiversity, the degradation of land, sprawling urbanization, worsening water scarcity, the disturbances in terrestrial and marine food chains or the ubiquitous pollution of all environmental systems have to be taken into consideration.

Even if the dangers are not instantaneous and universal, even if their nature may be difficult to predict, there will always be significant risks associated with fossil fuels: What chemicals might end up in our water due to ubiquitous fracking and faulty pipelines?

Biodegradable plastic water bottles and shopping bags are a false solution to the ubiquitous problem of litter in the oceans, the UN's top environmental scientist has warned.

«Microplastics are now ubiquitous within the surface waters of the world's oceans.

Note that this is only part of the story since, as far as we are aware, no one has yet investigated a counterintuitive parallel effect — condensation and precipitation will likely reduce the total lower atmospheric concentration of that ubiquitous greenhouse gas, water vapor, so increasing clear sky radiative cooling.

Re extraterrestrial life, it seems likely that bacterial slime is ubiquitous, anywhere there's liquid water and rock.