This phenomenon is thermodynamically impossible. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Local melting of ice is thermodynamically compatible with net cooling. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Such local warming is also thermodynamically compatible with global cooling. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
If DNA were truly thermodynamically isolated it would indeed succumb to entropy. From Wordnik.com. [Of Form over Substance: a review of Sermonti - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Natural resources are highly-ordered, thermodynamically improbable arrangements of matter. From Wordnik.com. [Value theory] Reference
Yet, the mechanism (s) of this thermodynamically paradoxical requirement had remained elusive. From Wordnik.com. [Aaron Ciechanover - Autobiography] Reference
Even so, the original replicators during abiogenesis were not thermodynamically isolated either. From Wordnik.com. [Of Form over Substance: a review of Sermonti - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Soon after the physicist O. Lehmann showed that these steps were thermodynamically distinct phases. From Wordnik.com. [The Nobel Prize in Physics 1991] Reference
None of these losses serve to increase the greenhouse effect, that is thermodynamically impossible. From Wordnik.com. [USCCSP: Temperature Trends in the Lower Atmosphere « Climate Audit] Reference
That these planets are hotter than their host star seems to run against what I would thermodynamically expect. From Wordnik.com. [Kepler Discovers Planets-like Objects Hotter Than Stars | Universe Today] Reference
The conclusion is that biogas must be used for those tasks which thermodynamically match the biogas properties. From Wordnik.com. [1. BASIC APPROACH a) Cost-Benefit-Approach for Socio-Economic Selection] Reference
Silicon is thermodynamically unstable in air as it is, although usually reaction rates are so slow we don't notice. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
The lack of a sufficient fuel source to thermodynamically explain the temperatures necessary to form molten iron …. From Wordnik.com. [Science Behind the Theory: An Inside Job] Reference
The result shows that the glassy state can be extremely stable thermodynamically, contrary to what was previously thought. From Wordnik.com. [Is Inflation Fun?] Reference
It is thermodynamically efficient to extract one atom of uranium from the crust of the earth, given the EREI for nuclear energy. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Twisted Into Pretzels] Reference
The low-grade waste heat of their thermodynamically intense lifestyle will turn the crystalline icescape pliable and treacherous. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-08-01] Reference
Then later, he calls the space "thermodynamically unimportant" The surroundings of an open system are "thermodynamically unimportant"?. From Wordnik.com. [Cockburning] Reference
Its implications in this respect were understood from the beginning, but the idea of a thermodynamically doomed universe is still plausible. From Wordnik.com. [TECHNOLOGY] Reference
Transforming the energy from biogas into the thermodynamically higher valued mechanical energy marks one of the sensible options wherever appropriate. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 3] Reference
However, the complexity of a thermodynamically stable sugar stereoisomer has only two possibilities: D or L depending upon whether the C-O ring bond points “up” or “down”. From Wordnik.com. [Chirality of life: Another false positive? - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
The reaction is thermodynamically favored only at high temperatures. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The first reaction is thermodynamically favorable, the second is disfavored. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
HCCI is therefore thermodynamically efficient and largely avoids the formation of nitrous oxides. From Wordnik.com. [Autoblog Green] Reference
On the environment front, diesels are about 30 per cent more thermodynamically efficient than petrols. From Wordnik.com. [Car Advice | News Blog] Reference
So they have chosen a copper container for their spent fuel; copper is thermodynamically stable in granite. From Wordnik.com. [Worldchanging: Bright Green] Reference
Energy is energy, but the form matters - CO2 and O2 are made because thats more thermodynamically favorable. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
We can hypothesize, at least, a (thermodynamically) stable state of connections and activations in the brain. From Wordnik.com. [Progressive Bloggers] Reference
Put another way, thermodynamically favored pathways are constantly being used by energy-transforming organisms. From Wordnik.com. [GreenBiz.com Green Business News] Reference
A van der Waals loop occurs when pressure grows as volume increases, marking a thermodynamically unstable situation. From Wordnik.com. [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference
The project's goal is to find a storage solution that is long lasting, thermodynamically stable and environmentally benign. From Wordnik.com. [innovations-report] Reference
Diamonds are thermodynamically unstable at Earth's surface and will eventually turn into black carbon, it just takes a loooooong time. From Wordnik.com. [digg.com: Stories / Popular] Reference
They have been considered to be the most thermodynamically stable form of protein as very harsh conditions are required to disrupt them. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
NADPH/NADP+ gradient (500: 1) and the excess of NADPH with respect to E1 in vivo, as well as the thermodynamically favoured NADPH oxidation. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
The reversibility implies that the synthesis of saturated hydrocarbons is thermodynamically controlled and does not require organic matter. From Wordnik.com. [Science Blog - Science news straight from the source] Reference
+ do not bind to these K+ sites in a thermodynamically favorable way. From Wordnik.com. [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference
It is thermodynamically impossible to go from which sequence of ATGC’s, to which new sequence of ATGC’s, and why?. From Wordnik.com. [How to Write an Antievolution Article - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
"Two molecules will bind together if it is thermodynamically favourable and in doing so they release a small amount energy. From Wordnik.com. [LabTechnologist RSS] Reference
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