Mobile tower risks: Rajasthan High Court issues notice to telecom operators
Petition filed by two senior citizens dwells on harmful and hazardous radiation from towers
New cancer risk
WHO links excess mobile phone use to cancer; experts divided on health impact of radio frequencies
Women over 65 most prone to cervical cancer
Regular screenings for the disease fall drastically with age
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US government considers controversial solar geoengineering to counter global warming: Report
Report outlined research options for solar radiation management that may be able to reflect sunlight to space — but White House says it&…
We still have to reach the interiors
W Selvamurthy, senior scientist at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), shrugs off the body’s responsibility towards …
Impaired hearing
India's first public hearing on the effects of a nuclear installation was a statement on how the country's nuclear establishment is run
Power that could bomb
The Bush administration unveils new energy policy with an intention to revive nuclear reactors and to build new plants. Joining hands with …
UV trap
A flowery tale
Regulator’s failure in radiation mishap
Atomic energy board forgot gamma irradiators purchased before 1983
Cod crisis
The European Union imposes strict restrictions on cod farming. But it could be too late
Rooftop solar can help schools cut pollution, power bill: Study
India receives about 300 clear and sunny days in a year and a solar exposure of 5,000 trillion kilowatt-hours every year
Science academies back neutrino lab project in Tamil Nadu
Three national science academies have assured that the project will follow all regulations and nobody will be displaced
Here’s why some cancer cells can survive radiation
Cancer cells as well as tumours harbour a small population of stem cells which become resistant to drugs and radiation treatment
Industry over public health
New DoT mobile tower guidelines fall short of meeting need of the hour
Mushrooms shield body from radiation
Silk care to protect skin from UV rays
Blind to danger
The government turns a Nelson's eye while the construction sector makes hay on phosphogypsum, a carcinogenic byproduct of the fertiliser industry
Ublic outcry greets uranium mining project in AP
"There is radiation everywhere on earth. Mining in Nalgonda will not increase it." This comment of S D Prasad, adviser to public sector …
Radiation blues
Genetically-modified plants can reveal radiation levels
Under the killing sun
Troubleshooting
Daylight destruction
Rays of the rising sun burn a hole in the ozone layer every morning, claims a new study