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The kerosene lantern lets out a butter yellow light, illuminating the tiny mosquitoes.
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The new microscope, called Multi-View SPIM (MuVi-SPIM) shines a thin sheet of light on the embryo, illuminating one layer of the embryo at a time to prevent light damage.
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According to Ng the energy needed to power one A-frame is the equivalent of illuminating just one 60-watt light bulb.
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It's that light that's illuminating the surface of the Moon.
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All models incorporate backlit keyboards, illuminating the lettering for typing in low light situations.
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The most dramatic part of the cave is the opening that allows sunlight in, illuminating a wide section in a shaft of bright light.
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The centuries-old dream of Independence hero Simon Bolivar to build a unified "Patria Grande" (Grand Homeland) in South America became Chavez's guiding light and he held it high, illuminating the path he paved.
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Mercury arc lamps (the kind used in football stadiums) are not much better, since they emit a lot of ultraviolet light, which contributes to astronomers' woes without illuminating the action in a way that the human eye can detect.
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Light streams through semicircular lantern windows on four sides, illuminating the square floor plan supported at the corners by white Corinthian columns.
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Although the exact mechanism is still not entirely understood, it turns out that illuminating the liquid crystal, applying a voltage across a small region of it, and then turning off the light source causes a small amount of charge to be stored in that region.
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Sometimes, these rotations bring big payoffs, such as when 3M realized that the problem of laptop battery life was really a problem of energy used up too quickly for illuminating the screen. 3M researchers applied their knowledge of see-through adhesives to create an optical film that focuses light outward, producing a screen that was 40% more efficient.
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