The phrase "are capable of absorbing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the ability of something to take in or soak up a substance, information, or energy.
Example: "Certain materials are capable of absorbing sound waves, making them ideal for soundproofing applications."
Alternatives: "have the ability to absorb" or "can take in".
Insulating materials such as hemp-lime, hemp fibre and wood fibre are capable of absorbing and releasing water vapour.
Chitosan-based hydrogels are capable of absorbing large quantities of water while retaining structural features.
They knew that mitochondria from humans and Trypanosomes (a parasitical organism), but not baker's yeast, are capable of absorbing large amounts of calcium.
Contrast this moment of intellectual evasion with Stoppard's Arcadia or Frayn's Copenhagen, which assume audiences are capable of absorbing, if not always understanding, crucial scientific details.
"Through this bold leap of generations and cultures to Ms. Merkel, I believe we are demonstrating that we are capable of absorbing the shock and overcoming the blow".
And we are capable of absorbing each other's cantankerousness – the characters have been together for 50 years, so there's a basis of love which supersedes the viciousness, as with heterosexual marriages".
And yet Nusseibeh is capable of absorbing every variety of political menace: anonymous telephone calls, hate mail, death threats.
Research revealed that both zones were capable of absorbing the effluent water applied at 5 or 10 L/m2/d.
He is capable of absorbing and integrating vast quantities of knowledge from a wide range of sources, as his travel books on Central Asia and the South Pacific demonstrated.
The great fear was that contemporary capitalism was capable of absorbing any and all critical ideas or movements and bending them to its own advantage.
Andrew White, director of the Center for New York City Affairs at the New School, said he believed Mr. Bloomberg was capable of absorbing the message.
