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Articles tagged with: Radiation
RFID Sensor Detects Radiation Threats in Shipping Containers Using Modified Cell Phone Tech
..ve (no battery), disposable, wireless Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) sensor to detect radiation threats in shipping containers using modified cell phone technology. The patented technology is a combination of Sicel Technologies' medical more
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Electrosmog on the circuit board
..a millimeter. Where are there areas of conspicuously high electromagnetic radiation? How do the components influence one another? The near-field scanner can scan not only individual chips and processors but also complete laptops, cell phones or more
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Shifting sound to light may lead to better computer chips
..h frequency acoustic waves can be detected by seeing radiation emitted when the acoustic wave passes an interface between piezoelectric materials. "This is a fundamentally new phenomenon and it can be used to probe structural properties o more
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France to Ban Mobile Phones Designed for Children
.. with a complimentary set of earphones to reduce the exposure of the head to any radiation risk. Last week, the Finnish radiation body recommended limiting the use of mobile phones by children, and the UK government has a similar recommendation more
Finnish Authority Advices Children to Limit Mobile Phone Usage
..ill not known. "Although studies carried out thus far have not shown mobile phone radiation to have had any adverse impact on health, prudence is advised when it comes to children as not all the effects are known," the watchdog added. more
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Mobile phones affect memory in laboratory animals
Can radiation from cell phones affect the memory? Yes, if you are a rat - according to the results of experiments at the Division of Neurosurgery, Lund University, in Sweden. Henrietta Nittby studied rats that were exposed to mobile phone radiation for two hours a week for more than a year. These rats had poorer results on a memory test than rats that had not been exposed to radiation. more
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No higher risk of leukemia for children living near powerful radio transmitters
..for the assessment of individual exposures to radio and television transmitter radiation one year before the actual diagnosis. These exposure estimates were calculated with a field strength prediction program. In a validation study, the expos more
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Single-pixel camera has multiple futures
..e that used 600 sheets of copper (which blocks terahertz radiation) through which random holes had been punched as the modulator. "There's very good reason to believe you could build a terahertz modulator that could do that same task elec more
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Dispelling the Myths about Mobile Phone Radiation
..ims to take seriously. Many people have become anxious about exposure to non-ionising forms of radiation, from mobiles, Wi-Fi and masts. The scientists also fear that people are now being encouraged to spend their money on all manner of unneces more
Verizon, Alltel Merger Brings Questions About Worker Health
..he enormous amounts of electromagnetic radiation involved in this license transfer," EMR said in its comment to the FCC. EMR has long argued that cell towers in close proximity to humans are dangerous. Calling FCC's guidelines on radio fr more
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