This layer of the cornea also absorbs oxygen and nutrients from tears.

Scientists have found that the upper layer of the oceans, where air and sea meet, absorbs very little excess carbon dioxide.

"When it rains, the external layer absorbs all the water," Father Moulatsiotis said.

A thin layer of superconducting material with can deflect or absorb most electromagenetic based attacks.

These layers in turn have absorbed lamp-black, incense and candle soot.

This layer can absorb between 93 and 99 percent of the ultraviolet radiation from the sun.

One layer of graphene absorbs 2.3% of white light.

For example, the lowest layer, known as the equity tranche, usually absorbs the first 3 percent of losses.

Certain layers of plants will absorb minerals and water from the soil more effectively than others.

Without ozone, this layer of the atmosphere does not absorb the energy arriving from the sun as ultraviolet radiation, making the thin air even cooler.