The efficiency of this quantum mechanical first stage of photosynthesis is nearly perfect — almost all the absorbed light is converted into electrons the system can use.
Why Are Plants Green? To Reduce the Noise in Photosynthesis.|Rodrigo Pérez Ortega|July 30, 2020|Quanta Magazine
As digesting food passes through the small intestine, it mixes with chemicals from the liver, and nutrients are absorbed.
‘Rectal Feeding’ Has Nothing to Do with Nutrition, Everything to Do with Torture|Russell Saunders|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the book, you say “Absorb youth and you will be absorbed by youth.”
George Clinton on Industry ‘Mobsters’ and How Nobody Wants to Listen to a Crackhead|Curtis Stephen|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“It is important to know that gluten is not absorbed through the skin,” she wrote in response to my questions.
Celiac or Not, Gluten Free Dish Soap Is Ridiculous|Russell Saunders|July 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
No mayonnaise, only butter, which had been absorbed, sponge-style, into the bun.
My Big, Buttery Lobster Roll Rumble: We Came, We Clawed, We Conquered|Scott Bixby|June 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This brilliant video takes a scientific look at the “giant prehistoric sea-monster that absorbed massive amounts of radiation.”
Godzilla, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Sam, and More Viral Videos|The Daily Beast Video|May 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To which Ingeborg, absorbed in the failure of her effort to find help and comfort, answered droopingly "No."
The Pastor's Wife|Elizabeth von Arnim
Her voice died in a musical little note, and she seemed to be scrutinizing the tennis with an absorbed interest.
Marriage|H. G. Wells
Philip replied not; and, absorbed in their own meditations, they walked back in silence to the cottage.
The Phantom Ship|Frederick Marryat
All visible colors are absorbed, or more accurately, none are reflected excepting the ultra-violet.
Astounding Stories, March, 1931|Various
Increase the fire by degrees, as more and more litharge is formed and absorbed.
Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed.|Pierre Joseph Macquer