Towards precision

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If you thought of electromagnetism as something that only served to light up your home and run a thousand gadgets, think again. Our reality, be …

A new technique to control laser intensity

Indian scientists have developed a technique that uses electromagnetic radiation to manipulate the intensity of laser beams.

Of galactic magnetism

That toaster could give you cancer

Scientists are embroiled in a controversy on whether electromagnetic fields generated by power lines and household electrical devices can cause cancer

Imaging interiors

An unexplored region of the electromagnetic spectrum is to be exploited for imaging

From beyond the back of

If some recent findings hold water, the mysterious gamma ray blasts emanate from the most distant celestial objects

Broadbanding the waves

Six times more information can be sent on radio signals

Supermagnetic stars

Scientists discover stars with magnetic fields some million billion times that of the Earth

Mobile disruption

There is evidence that people using cellular telephones may develop strange diseases linked to memory loss

Sounds bad!

Europe gives elee ronies industry a reprieve

Though Indian electronics exporters heaved a sigh of relief following the postponement of die EC trade restrictions low, there are still fears …

Waves of despair

Electromagnetic interference, due to radio waves emitted by gadgets like cellular phones can create widespread havoc. For instance, they can …

This new composite material can absorb electromagnetic radiation

A team of Indian scientists has now developed a new room temperature composite that exhibits high absorption of EMI in the high-frequency range

Debate over mobile towers close to hospitals

Life in the grip of electrosmog

It is time India recognised the dangers posed by this pollutant

Good that Rajinikanth’s 2.0 talks of birds and cellphones but we need more studies: Experts

Do birds disappear due to electromagnetic radiation caused by mobile phones? Ornithologists think the issue needs more research

Does space weather cause flight delays? New study spots links

Flight delay problems can be relieved to some extent if flight scheduling reasonably considers space weather effects

Indian astronomers get an insight into Crab nebula pulsar

Indian astronomers have obtained the most precise hard X-ray polarisation measurements of Crab pulsar, a star which exploded centuries ago

Industry over public health

New DoT mobile tower guidelines fall short of meeting need of the hour

The right call?

Norms to curb mobile radiation do little to assuage people’s fear

Bytes

Bureau of Indian Standards failed to prescribe safety norms for mobile phones, towers: CAG report

Revised radiation limit to be in force from September 1 

CAG censures standards bureau for delays

Test check revealed delays ranging from one month to 18 years in making 137 standards of the sample 214

Cell phone tower radiation a pollutant: MoEF panel

'Ecological impact assessment study should precede their installation'