But far worse, it melted at high temperatures and became brittle at low ones.
What Diversa did was steal one microorganism's method of performing this at high temperatures.
Other fluids like fluoride salts can operate at high temperatures but at safer, lower pressures.
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He holds four worldwide patents relating to the production of fuels and chemicals from biomaterials at high temperatures.
Unlike ceramics, plastics don't have to be fired at high temperatures and can be imbedded with copper circuits.
They will always have to produce heat at high temperatures to generate electricity.
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Arrays of mirrors called heliostats focus the sun on a boiler filled with salt that liquefies at high temperatures.
Rivals from Singapore's National University claimed to have achieved nearly 20% by doping nanotubes with lithium, though only at high temperatures.
But this substitution reduces the efficiency of photosynthesis, especially at high temperatures.
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When these isotopes are combined at high temperatures, a small amount of mass is lost and a colossal amount of energy is released.
The engine had been running at high temperatures for four times longer than a normal F-35 flight, causing a separation of the "grain boundary" on one blade, Mr Bates explained.
In the meantime, Weather Channel has used a simpler measure, called "feels like, " to express temperature in a temperature-like number, taking into account wind chill at low temperatures and humidity at high temperatures.
"Based on our analysis, the performance of A123's new Nanophosphate EXT at high temperatures is unlike anything we've ever seen from lead acid, lithium ion or any other battery technology, " said Dr. Yann Guezennec, senior fellow at CAR and professor of mechanical engineering at the Ohio State University.
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Unlike lead acid or other advanced battery technologies, Nanophosphate EXT is designed to maintain long cycle life at extreme high temperatures and deliver high power at extreme low temperatures.
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Some melted at such high temperatures that unmelted pebbles blocked the extruder nozzle.
LEDs are also long lived because they do not operate at the high temperatures that degrade the filaments of Edison bulbs.
By alloying neodymium with dysprosium, magnets are created that more readily maintain their magnetism at the high temperatures of hybrid car engines.
Solid oxide fuel cells have notoriously faced challenges with durability, since they operate at very high temperatures, which the Bloom box will also have to overcome to prove profitable.
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Meanwhile, research into fusion power (in which energy is generated by fusing hydrogen atoms together at very high temperatures) has left behind a different kind of debris: a trail of experimental reactors, none of which has yet reached the break-even point where the amount of energy that comes out exceeds the amount put in.
And many are geologically difficult, with their hydrocarbons stored at high pressures and temperatures.
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Dr Brain found that the burnt bones from Swartkrans could be sorted into types that had been burnt at low and high temperatures.
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Being made of silicon, the transistors in the drive circuitry tend to be rigid, fragile and to operate at temperatures high enough to melt the plastic display.
Scientists have found single-cell archaea bacteria growing at temperatures as high as 234 degrees Fahrenheit at ocean vents on Earth.
Not even the high temperatures at noon make her take a break.
Proceedings were largely peaceful on Wednesday, with the health ministry reporting just 13 injuries across the country, due to overcrowding at polling stations and high temperatures.
Depletion of ozone is caused by extreme cold temperatures at high altitude and the presence of ozone-destroying gases, such as chlorine and bromine, in the atmosphere, the ESA said.
According to a new computer model, liquid methane in contact with a partially hydrogen-terminated diamond surface at extremely high pressures and temperatures spontaneously forms longer hydrocarbons, and hence the material of crude oil could be formed deep in the earth.
But they do not have to use coolant fluids like water that must operate at high pressures in order to achieve high temperatures.
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Last Tuesday, I played an hour of soccer at midday with temperatures and humidity hovering in the high 90s.
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