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Non-terrestrial oxygen would be valuable as a source of water ice only if an adequate source of hydrogen can be found.

Non-terrestrial and be
* Non-terrestrial power supplies could be used to electrolyse water ice into oxygen and hydrogen for use in bipropellant rocket engines.

Non-terrestrial and space
Non-terrestrial applications include study of Solar System moons using space probes.

sources and energy
Costs of the effective energy produced by these sources is a major obstacle in the development of food-preservation processes.
Estimated production costs of radiation energy from machine and nuclide sources range from $1 to $10 per Aj.
Some unicellular species rely entirely on external energy sources and have limited or no photosynthetic apparatus.
The Armenian Government is working toward closing the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant as soon as alternative energy sources are identified.
Fuller believed human societies would soon rely mainly on renewable sources of energy, such as solar-and wind-derived electricity.
Opines are used by the bacteria as sources of nitrogen and energy.
Breatharianism is a related concept, in which believers claim food and possibly water are not necessary, and that humans can be sustained solely by prana ( the vital life force in Hinduism ), or, according to some, by the energy in sunlight ( according to Ayurveda, sunlight is one of the main sources of prana ).
All known forms of life are based on the same fundamental biochemical organisation: genetic information encoded in DNA, transcribed into RNA, through the effect of protein-and RNA-enzymes, then translated into proteins by ( highly similar ) ribosomes, with ATP, NADH and others as energy sources, etc.
The country has not discovered sources of fossil fuels — apart from minor coal deposits — but its mountainous terrain and abundant rainfall have permitted the construction of a dozen hydroelectric power plants, making it self-sufficient in all energy needs, except oil for transportation.
Bioenergetics studies the sources of energy for such reactions.
Although details of their physiology were not mentioned on screen, the space slug, ( a giant worm-like creature that lived on asteroids in the vacuum of space ), and the Mynock, ( pesky bat-like vermin that would attach to spaceship hulls and chew through power conduits to feed off the raw energy ), are said to be silicon-based organisms in Star Wars Expanded Universe sources.
Usually coronal loops lasting for long periods of time are known as steady state or quiescent coronal loops, where there is a balance in loop energy sources and sinks ( example ).
When the body is expending more energy than it is consuming ( e. g. when exercising ), the body's cells rely on internally stored energy sources, such as complex carbohydrates and fats, for energy.
The Eritrean government has expressed interest in developing alternative energy sources, including geothermal, solar, and wind power.
Forest products are used in construction and manufacturing, and as energy sources.
Waterpower and forests are Ethiopia's main energy sources.
Typically, near-fields have a powerful effect on their own sources, causing an increased “ load ” ( decreased electrical reactance ) in the source or transmitter, whenever energy is withdrawn from the EM field by a receiver.
The energy required for this is always larger than about 10 electron volts ( eV ) corresponding with wavelengths smaller than 124 nm ( some sources suggest a more realistic cutoff of 33 eV, which is the energy required to ionize water ).
The first power plants were run on water power or coal, and today we rely mainly on coal, nuclear, natural gas, hydroelectric, and petroleum with a small amount from solar energy, tidal harnesses, wind generators, and geothermal sources.
Thermal energy is economical in areas of high industrial density, as the high demand cannot be met by renewable sources.
Renewable sources other than hydroelectricity ( solar power, wind energy, tidal power, etc.
Sources of electricity were fossil fuels 67 %, renewable energy 16 % ( mainly hydroelectric, wind, solar and biomass ), and nuclear power 13 %, and other sources were 3 %.

sources and materials
With the development of nuclear technology, isotopic materials, and machine radiation sources in recent years, the possibilities of applying ionizing radiation to the preservation of foods attracted the attention of investigators in the United States and throughout the world.
Hydroxyapatite, the natural mineral component of bone, has been made synthetically from a number of biological and chemical sources and can be formed into ceramic materials.
The most important English chronicles are the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, started under the patronage of King Alfred in the 9th century and continued until the 12th century, and the Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland ( 1577 – 87 ) by Raphael Holinshed and other writers ; the latter documents were important sources of materials for Elizabethan drama.
The Internet, facilitated by the development of search engines, has grown into a common source of information for many people, and provides easy access to reliable original sources and expert opinions, thanks in part to initiatives such as Google Books, MIT's release of its educational materials and the open PubMed Central library of the National Library of Medicine.
The common sources of economies of scale are purchasing ( bulk buying of materials through long-term contracts ), managerial ( increasing the specialization of managers ), financial ( obtaining lower-interest charges when borrowing from banks and having access to a greater range of financial instruments ), marketing ( spreading the cost of advertising over a greater range of output in media markets ), and technological ( taking advantage of returns to scale in the production function ).
Hungary lacks extensive domestic sources of energy and raw materials needed for industrial development.
Hungary lacks extensive domestic sources of energy and raw materials needed for further industrial development.
Located in Lund ( a college town in Sweden ), it will invest in 8 – 10 companies in the coming five years with focus on solar panels, alternative light sources, product materials, energy efficiency and water saving and purification.
The major sources of toxic waste in the water supply are the mercury mining combine at Haidarkan ; the antimony mine at Kadamzai ; the Kadzyi Sai uranium mine, which ceased extraction in 1967 but which continues to leach toxic materials into nearby Ysyk Köl ; the Kara-Balta Uranium Recovery Plant ; the Min Kush deposit of mine tailings ; and the Kyrgyz Mining and Metallurgy Plant at Orlovka.
* Microwave assisted firing-this technique combine microwave energy with more conventional energy sources such as radiant gas or electric heating in order to process ceramic materials to the required high temperatures.
The reference desk or information desk of a library is a public service counter where professional librarians provide library users with direction to library materials, advice on library collections and services, and expertise on multiple kinds of information from multiple sources.
In magnetic materials, sources of magnetization are the electrons ' orbital angular motion around the nucleus, and the electrons ' intrinsic magnetic moment ( see electron magnetic dipole moment ).
The other sources of magnetism are the nuclear magnetic moments of the nuclei in the material which are typically thousands of times smaller than the electrons ' magnetic moments, so they are negligible in the context of the magnetization of materials.
Getting the materials for them was more dependent on barter and black markets than it was on normal sources of supply, which had all but ceased to exist.
H-ORALHIST publishes syllabi, outlines, handouts, bibliographies, tables of contents of journals, guides to term papers, listings of new sources, library catalogs and archives, and reports on new software, datasets, and other materials.
Moreover, to these two major sources of environmental damage must be added large quantities of refuse, toxic materials, and between 173 million and 207 million liters of untreated sewage in sand pits left behind by coalition forces.
As organizations strive to focus on core competencies and becoming more flexible, they reduce their ownership of raw materials sources and distribution channels.
Activities related to obtaining products and materials from outside suppliers involve resource planning, supply sourcing, negotiation, order placement, inbound transportation, storage, handling and quality assurance, many of which include the responsibility to coordinate with suppliers on matters of scheduling, supply continuity, hedging, and research into new sources or programs.
Under the SDIO's Innovative Sciences and Technology Office, headed by physicist and engineer Dr. James Ionson, the investment was predominantly made in basic research at national laboratories, universities, and in industry, and these programs have continued to be key sources of funding for top research scientists in the fields of high-energy physics, supercomputing / computation, advanced materials, and many other critical science and engineering disciplines: funding which indirectly supports other research work by top scientists, and which would be politically impossible to fund outside of the defense budget environment.
Since its discovery, there have been many searches in terrestrial materials for natural sources of technetium.
However, other sources include medical and industrial wastes, as well as naturally occurring radioactive materials ( NORM ) that can be concentrated as a result of the processing or consumption of coal, oil and gas, and some minerals, as discussed below.
Both plant materials and blood are useful sources of energy in the form of sugars, and blood also supplies more concentrated nutrients, such as lipids, but the most important function of blood meals is to obtain proteins as materials for egg production.
* Listed hazardous waste are materials specifically listed by regulatory authorities as a hazardous waste which are from non-specific sources, specific sources, or discarded chemical products.

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