The explosive growth in the use of
cellular telephones is threatening
the field of radio astronomy which
investigates everything from the
formation of galaxies to finding better ways of predicting earthquakes
(Newsletter of the International
Telecommunication Union, No 8).
The warning came from the
authors of the new Handbook on
Radio Astronomy, published by the
European Science Foundation's
Committee on Radio Astronomy
Frequencies. James Cohen, the
Committee's chairperson and co-author of the handbook said that
"the interference from radio and
cell phone activity on neighbouring
bands is a growing problem."
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