Ultra-violet
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Scientists in Japan have demonstrated a technique that allows them to remotely control the movements of worms. By implanting light-sensitive proteins into the organisms, the team was able to make them move under green light and stop under UV.
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Astronomers have discovered the most distant object ever seen – a strange galaxy some 13.5 billion light-years away. Named HD1, the galaxy may house a never-before-seen population of stars, or a supermassive black hole mysteriously ahead of its time.
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Climate change can feel inevitable, but we’ve stepped up to the challenge before. New modeling shows how bad things would be if CFCs hadn’t been banned decades ago – depleted ozone would've increased UV exposure and stopped plants capturing carbon.
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Last year, LG launched some true wireless earphones that came with a charging case designed to blast the buds with UV light to kill any bacteria. Now the company has brought the latest version of the bug-killing mobile music solution to the US.
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Instead of heating of ABS or PLA plastic filaments like the 3Doodler from WobbleWorks, the CreoPop uses light-sensitive inks that solidify when exposed to UV light, so sketchers young or old don't need to worry about having to steer clear of the piping hot creative end.
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Most UV-monitoring wristbands favor function over fashion, which is why Netatmo has launched JUNE, a UV-tracking bracelet and accompanying app aimed at helping users to better manage their sun exposure and look fashionable doing it.
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Computer keyboards have been found to be home to worrying amounts of harmful microbes, but Vioguard believes its new self-cleaning keyboard offers a possible solution.
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Researchers at New York University have developed an almost invisible flash photography system, the dark flash system