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However, certain wavelengths of sunlight-such as ultraviolet-vary more. From Wordnik.com. [NASA Earth Observatory] Reference
The design includes protective elements such as ultraviolet filters, louvers and three layers of curtains. From Wordnik.com. [WRAL.com Top Stories] Reference
The new design incorporates protective elements such as ultraviolet filters, louvers and three layers of curtains. From Wordnik.com. [WRAL.com Top Stories] Reference
Since art and light are usually mortal enemies, the design includes protective elements such as ultraviolet filters, louvers and curtains. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
I’ve just melted my brain on ultraviolet which is just bad. rashbre. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas Telly « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog] Reference
(especially arsenic, nickel and chromium), and electro magnetic fields such as ultraviolet light, radiofrequency and x-ray radiation. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
Halo Technologies makes a vacuum cleaner that uses ultraviolet light. From Wordnik.com. [Letters: Where Jihad Has Found a Home] Reference
The electrons emit photons, or packets, of invisible ultraviolet light. From Wordnik.com. [At Last, Another Bright Idea] Reference
Many bottled-water producers use ozone or ultraviolet disinfection instead. From Wordnik.com. [Is Bottled Water Better Than Tap?] Reference
Ozone, ultraviolet light, and heat can affect tire rubber much like they affect our skin. From Wordnik.com. [Tires speak, and they are aging] Reference
The portable Nano-UV Scanner uses ultraviolet light to kill 99. 9% of germs on any surface. From Wordnik.com. [Jaunted - The Pop Culture Travel Guide] Reference
They're also needed on the ski slopes -- because of high-altitude exposure to ultraviolet light. From Wordnik.com. [BLOCK OUT THE RAYS] Reference
But that has to happen fast: ultraviolet light in sunshine degrades anthrax spores within minutes. From Wordnik.com. [Unmasking Bioterror] Reference
But the latest products also flaunt their protection against the ultraviolet rays (UVA) that cause aging. From Wordnik.com. [The Good Life] Reference
It will have T shirts, a poster by Robert Rauschenberg and souvenir personal ultraviolet-exposure monitors. From Wordnik.com. [Earth At The Summit] Reference
Proudly naming this novel use of ultraviolet light "the West phenomenon," he tried to photograph the results. From Wordnik.com. [A Dentist Takes The Stand] Reference
DANGER: SUNLIGHTEvery 1 percent drop in ozone allows 2 percent more ultraviolet light to reach Earth's surface. From Wordnik.com. [A Bigger Hole In The Ozone] Reference
Especially alarming was the location of the chemicals, which destroy the earth's barrier against ultraviolet rays. From Wordnik.com. [More Bad News In The Air] Reference
Controlled by computer, the excimer laser used in PRK emits short, high-energy pulses of cool ultraviolet radiation. From Wordnik.com. [A Light For Poor Eyes] Reference
But when it came to saving the ozone layer, which screens out the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays, they knew just what to do. From Wordnik.com. [A Bigger Hole In The Ozone] Reference
The central, dark area of the nebula is coolest, but intense ultraviolet light causes hydrogen gas to glow around the edges. From Wordnik.com. [Star Nursery] Reference
A phosphor coating on the inside of the bulb absorbs the ultraviolet light, exciting electrons, which then emit visible light. From Wordnik.com. [At Last, Another Bright Idea] Reference
But if ultraviolet light also causes a spelling mistake in the p53 gene (CC to TT), the damaged cell can proliferate unchecked. From Wordnik.com. [The Cancer Killer] Reference
Basic sunscreen contains chemicals that absorb the energy in ultraviolet rays, then emit it back as lower-frequency heat waves. From Wordnik.com. [Ask Tip Sheet] Reference
It may come from foods or vitamin supplements, and can also be made by the skin when it is exposed to ultraviolet rays (UV light). From Wordnik.com. [Joanna Dolgoff, M.D.: Is Your Child Vitamin D Deficient?] Reference
Because they are underground, they do not receive the ultraviolet radiation that can kill many pathogens (but not chemical agents). From Wordnik.com. [Mass Transit] Reference
Their intense ultraviolet radiation heats the gas cloud and, in a process called "photoevaporation," sends it streaming off into space. From Wordnik.com. [Witness At The Creation] Reference
The second, DiamondView, looks at a diamond's "growth structure" by illuminating the gem with a high concentration of ultraviolet light. From Wordnik.com. [DIAMONDS: ROMANCING THE STONE] Reference
Scientists shone ultraviolet light on the bottom of the DeSoto Canyon, a deep notch in the edge of the continental shelf, full of sea life. From Wordnik.com. [Scientists report undersea oil plume stretching 21 miles from BP spill site] Reference
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