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...called an unequivocal success was 1991’s “Achtung Baby”—and nothing on “No Line” is as rocking as “The Fly,” as unexpectedly joyful as “Ultraviolet,” or as beautifully distorted as “Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses.” Here, the electronic ornamentation sounds rich and layered on some songs, but jumbled and confused on others.One manifestation of this is found in the ambient intros that sound...
...molecules - including viruses and pharmaceuticals. (The last part is particularly important; an Associated Press investigation earlier this year found trace amounts of prescription drugs in the drinking water of more than 40 million Americans.) Lastly, the filtered water is treated with the disinfectant hydrogen peroxide, and then dosed with ultraviolet light, which neutralizes anything that might remain. What's left is as pure as distilled water - and I can say from personal experience that it tastes perfectly fine. "This is the future of water treatment," says Markus...
...main worry is water," his wife Kusum says. Near the entrance to their flat, they keep a 265-gal. storage tank--locked to prevent theft. The couple are awake by 6:30 a.m. to ensure that the municipal supply is running, and they use an ultraviolet filter to purify water intended for drinking or cooking because contamination is constant...
...haul was $200,000 in just a few months, and Lwanga thought his only problem was laundering the cash. In fact, the police were already on to him; they just couldn't prove it. Until, that is, he was picked up with banknotes and clothing that under ultraviolet (UV) light glowed green with splashes of SmartWater, a forensic marking liquid sprayed by a device fitted to four of the cashboxes. In September Lwanga was sentenced to eight years in prison...
...unusual habitat. "It's unique to the Amazon," notes Alexander Schauss, senior scientist at AIBMR Life Sciences, a contract research organization in Washington. "The palm tree that has the aa berries is the canopy, the very top of the rain forest. Its berries are strongly exposed to ultraviolet radiation and have had to develop chemical strategies to deal with it." Which makes them an invaluable resource for skin health...