ultraviolet radiation
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Like infrared radiation, ultraviolet radiation can be detected with special instruments or films. Sunburn is caused by ultraviolet radiation. The ozone layer of the atmosphere of the Earth blocks most of the potentially harmful ultraviolet radiation.
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Each has at least three times the mass of the Sun and floods the surrounding region with intense ultraviolet radiation while blasting out powerful stellar winds.
From Science Daily • Jul. 5, 2026
According to the team's models, these gases form when ultraviolet radiation from the host star, the red dwarf L 98-59, drives chemical reactions.
From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026
However, its extreme ultraviolet radiation changes far more significantly, doubling between solar minimum and solar maximum.
From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2025
The Skin Cancer Foundation says BCC most commonly occurs when extended exposure to ultraviolet radiation, from the sun or tanning beds, causes DNA damage and uncontrollable growth of basal cells.
From Salon • Sep. 2, 2025
The first, at 1 per cent of the present level, shielded out enough ultraviolet radiation to permit cells to move into the surface layers of lakes, rivers, and oceans.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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