UV
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The Low-Dose UV Study included 58 people with light to olive skin.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
Scientists used several techniques, including UV light photography and mass spectrometry, to study the material and identify multiple internal organs.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026
An agent shined purple UV light on my hands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
After the flower is sufficiently “crispy,” she sits at an L-shaped desk overlooking her makeshift garden and coats individual petals with resin up to six times, curing them under a UV light between coats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The guard passes a UV light over my arm and a small fluorescent barcode appears at the base of my hand, a number unique to me, 0000105.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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