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  • How panic spreads: Japan's resilience to earthquakes

    News reports, suggesting that Tokyo can 70 percent expect a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in the next four years, sparked panic. That was the least of my worries.

    Blog posts | January 30, 2012 3:01pm PST

  • Oncologists use robots to fight cancer

    CyberKnife, a non-invasive procedure that uses a robot and targeted radiation to eliminate cancerous tumors.

    Blog posts | March 23, 2011 1:00am PDT

  • The Tech Scares That Weren't: Urban Myths of Technology

    Technology is scary! Turn off the lights, wrap yourself up in a blanket, and prepare to be terrified! Or mildly concerned. You know, whatever.

    Blog posts | October 31, 2010 5:37pm PDT

  • San Francisco to pass mobile phone radiation law

    San Francisco appears poised to become the first city in the US to require mobile phone makers to publicly display how much radiation their products emit.

    News items | June 17, 2010 4:46am PDT

  • The 10 smartphones that emit the most radiation

    Based on new research, learn the 10 smartphones that emit the most radiation, the 10 that emit the least radiation, and a few quick safety tips.

    Blog posts | September 14, 2009 3:00am PDT

  • Cutting imaging proves a win-win-win

    The cure for this disease turns out to be economic, changing market incentives that now favor extra tests.

    Blog posts | August 27, 2009 5:27am PDT

  • Sunset for the tanning business

    Keep using that tanning bed, Sarah Palin, and you're going to have something else in common with John McCain -- an oncologist.

    Blog posts | July 30, 2009 6:43am PDT

  • Where cheaper is not better

    Patients are being told that a reformed health care system will make such intensive therapies impossible, that shortages will result. The idea of comparative effectiveness is not to create...

    Blog posts | March 6, 2009 9:42am PST

  • A robotic Cyberknife to fight cancer

    The Cyberknife is not a real knife. This is a robot radiotherapy machine which works with great accuracy during treatment, thanks to its robotic arm which moves around a patient when he breathes....

    Blog posts | December 31, 2008 9:39am PST

  • Cell phones and health risk

    Pascal's suggested wager was to the effect that God's existence can't be proven, but acting as if God exists is a no lose bet - and your reaction to the developing story of RF related health...

    Blog posts | December 17, 2008 12:16am PST

  • Researchers hack wired keyboards, hijack keystrokes

    A team of Swiss researchers say there are several ways to recover keystrokes from wired keyboards by simply measuring the electromagnetic radiations emitted when keys are pressed. In all, the...

    Blog posts | October 20, 2008 7:35am PDT

  • Testing new transistors in space

    Northwestern University researchers have developed new transistors which are currently tested on the International Space Station (ISS) to see how they react to cosmic radiation. These transistors,...

    Blog posts | June 11, 2008 10:39am PDT

  • Bugs harmed by nuclear radiation?

    Many studies have been conducted about the Chernobyl nuclear power plant meltdown of 1986. A large majority of them were focused on the environmental consequences of the radiation release. But, as...

    Blog posts | May 25, 2008 10:00am PDT

  • T-rays used to reveal old hidden art

    U.S. engineers are collaborating with the Center for Research and Restoration at The Louvre Museum in France to use a terahertz device to find murals hidden behind plaster or paint for centuries....

    Blog posts | February 6, 2008 9:44am PST

  • Cellphones to detect dirty bombs?

    Purdue University engineers are developing a system which would use a U.S. network of cellphones to detect dirty bombs and nuclear weapons. They say that 'such a system could blanket the nation...

    Blog posts | January 23, 2008 10:10am PST

  • Is radiation coming back for cancer treatment?

    Using computer technology to make radiation a valid treatment option for more patients may be one of the best cancer news stories of 2007.

    Blog posts | August 21, 2007 8:00am PDT

  • Images: New radiation warning--run for your life

    The International Atomic Energy Agency wants to make it clear that it's time to panic by adding a person running and a skull and crossbones to its radiation warning symbol.

  • Photos: The forefront of particle physics

    A look at accelerators, solenoids and other devices used in particle and radiation research.

  • Photos: The forefront of particle physics

    A look at accelerators, solenoids and other devices used in particle and radiation research.

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