Biomorphic mineralization is a technique that produces materials with morphologies and structures resembling those of natural living organisms by using bio-structures as templates for mineralization.

The structural transition of the viral capsid can be utilized in Biomorphic mineralization for selective uptake and deposition of minerals by controlling the solution pH.

Biomorphic forms with supple, non-geometric outlines appear in his paintings — forms which suggest microscopic organisms but express the artist's inner life.

Biomorphic robotics is a sub-discipline of robotics focused upon emulating the mechanics, sensor systems, computing structures and methodologies used by animals.

* One of the more prolific annual Biomorphic conferences is at the Neuromorphic Engineering Workshop.

** Biomorphic sculptures " Stool Archipelago ", " Island growth ", " stump stools " are groups of sculptures made of fibreglass plastic on the basis of known organic forms.

The nitrogen mineralization process for melamine is extremely slow, making this product both economically and scientifically impractical for use as a fertilizer.

The natural cure factors are the water of the Black Sea, which is chlorided, sulphated, sodic, magnesian, hypotonic ( mineralization 15. 5g ), the sulphurous, chlorided, bicarbonated, sodic, calcic, mesothermal ( 21-28 ° C ) mineral waters of the springs in the northern part of the city, in the area of the beach between Saturn and Venus, the sulphurous peat mud, rich in minerals, which is extracted from the peat bog north of the city ( expected to last another 250 years ) and the marine climate, rich in saline aerosols and solar radiation that have a bracing effect on the organism.

The falls are known for their natural pools, created by mineralization, although most of these pools were damaged and / or destroyed in the early 1990s by large floods that washed through the area.

As a major material used in mineralization of bone, teeth and shells, calcium is the most abundant metal by mass in many animals.

Subsurface clues include shears and their relationships to carbonate nodules, translocated clay, and iron oxide mineralization, in the case of older soil, and lack of such signs in the case of younger soil.

Phosphatization can be microbially mediated, especially in decay-resistant groups such as arthropods ; or substrate-dominated, where phosphate-rich tissue leads the mineralization process ( as in fish ).

Although lacking a gas bladder, they have undergone a depth-related diversification, such as increase in fatty tissues and reduced mineralization of the bones, resulting in a body density approaching neutral, to fill a variety of water column niches.

Because iron is an important mineral in mineralization, ferritin is employed in the shells of organisms such as molluscs to control the concentration and distribution of iron, thus sculpting shell morphology and colouration.

Forms of mucus that are involved in inducing mineralization in most metazoan lineages appear to have performed such an anticalcifatory function in the ancestral state.

* Increases calcium retention, and strengthens and increases the mineralization of bone

Osteomalacia is the softening of the bones caused by defective bone mineralization secondary to inadequate amounts of available phosphorus and calcium, or because of overactive resorption of calcium from the bone as a result of hyperparathyroidism ( which causes hypercalcemia, in contrast to other aetiologies ).

This is thought to represent mineralization, or small deposits of calcium, in the muscle of the heart.

Without the protein, the crystal structure would be too brittle to keep its form and the organic matrix is thought to have a role in deposition of calcium during the mineralization process.

According to an in-depth analyses by Barley and others ( 2005 ), 2. 78 billion years ago submarine magmatism culminated with the eruption of extensive suites of mantle plume derived komatiites at 2. 72 to 2. 70 Ga. Extensive hydrothermal activity produced volcanic massive sulfide mineralization and banded iron formation ( BIF ) deposition in anoxic arc-related basins.

An experienced prospector could read the clues in the structure of the gossans to determine the type of mineralization likely to be found below the iron cap.

Recent analyses by the USGS of both unmineralized basalt and copper-mineralized rock show that a small amount of naturally-occurring mercury is associated with mineralization.

Due to the high water content of the soil, the reduced solar radiation and the low rates of decomposition and mineralization, the soil acidity is very high, with more humus and peat often forming the upper soil layer.

The sequence of events associated with the building of southeastern Australia reveals that mineralization and magmatic processes are intimately linked with the tectonic development of the region.

However, this similar chemical composition is not only associated with the digestive tract ; Budd and Daley suggest that it represents mineralization forming within fluid-filled cavities within the body ( consistent with hollow lobopod legs ).

The girdle may be ornamented with scales or spicules which, like the shell plates, are mineralized with aragonite – although a different mineralization process operates in the spicules to in the teeth or shells ( implying an independent evolutionary innovation ).

Together with ammonification, nitrification forms a mineralization process that refers to the complete decomposition of organic material, with the release of available nitrogen compounds.

Trace fossils contrast with body fossils, which are the fossilized remains of parts of organisms ' bodies, usually altered by later chemical activity or mineralization.

Quartz monzonite porphyry is often associated with copper mineralization in the porphyry copper ore deposits.

Vitamin D also works in concert with a number of other vitamins, minerals, and hormones to promote bone mineralization.

Some mucins are associated with controlling mineralization, including nacre formation in molluscs, calcification in echinoderms and bone formation in vertebrates.

In habits the water with mineralization of 18-24 %, presented in fresh waters.

Along with the disappearance of BIF, the end of the Paleoproterozoic also marks the first large scale sedimentary exhalative deposits showing a link between mineralization and a likely increase in the amount of sulfate in sea water.

By doing so, it reduces nitrogen losses by volatilization, accelerates mineralization and increases short-term nitrogen availability for transformation of organic matter into humus.

Bacteria, or fungi in some cases, convert the organic nitrogen within the remains back into ammonium ( NH < sub > 4 </ sub >< sup >+</ sup >), a process called ammonification or mineralization.

The other goes into the pond and after mineralization, provides food for phytoplankton, which in turn feeds the oyster.

He began having visions and began a tunnel into the Sierras near Genoa, Nevada ( an area of no known mineralization ), expecting to strike a richer vein than the Comstock.

This mineralization of the collagen matrix stiffens it and transforms it into bone.

If used for drinking, mineral supplements or mineralization is necessary.

This process is known as nitrogen mineralization.

These processes are precisely coordinated to bring about, at the proper place and time, mineralization of the tissue's matrix unless the Golgi are non-existent.

Compared to other methods of material production, biomorphic mineralization is facile, environmentally benign and economic.

The photonic microstructure of butterfly wings can be replicated through biomorphic mineralization to yield similar properties.

Important processes in the nitrogen cycle include fixation, mineralization, nitrification, and denitrification.

A new exploration effort was initiated in 1976 by IGME aimed at locating hidden primary base metal mineralization.

* Thornber, M. R. ( 1972 ) Pyrrhotite-the matrix of nickel sulphide mineralization.

For instance, PS presence on the extracellular membrane face of erythrocytes is a marker of cell apoptosis, whereas PS in growth plate vesicles is necessary for the nucleation of hydroxyapatite crystals and subsequent bone mineralization.

Another development was the invention of detectors which could cancel out the effect of mineralization in the ground.

The development of the induction balance detector would ultimately result in the motion detector, which constantly checked and balanced the background mineralization.

These new machines had one major advantage: they were completely impervious to the effects of mineralization, and rings and other jewelry could now be located even under highly-mineralized black sand.