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New today from US Air Force:
“Low-power non-thermal microwave technologies offer a novel strategy for viral detection and inactivation.” ... “We have simulated the dynamic motion of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein... A resonance frequency at 7.3-7.4 GHz has been identified.”
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
“Low-power non-thermal microwave technologies offer a novel strategy for viral detection and inactivation.” ... “We have simulated the dynamic motion of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein... A resonance frequency at 7.3-7.4 GHz has been identified.”
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
New today from US Air Force:
“Low-power non-thermal microwave technologies offer a novel strategy for viral detection and inactivation.” ... “We have simulated the dynamic motion of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein... A resonance frequency at 7.3-7.4 GHz has been identified.”
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
“Low-power non-thermal microwave technologies offer a novel strategy for viral detection and inactivation.” ... “We have simulated the dynamic motion of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein... A resonance frequency at 7.3-7.4 GHz has been identified.”
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The journal Bioelectromagnetics has posted a special issue on “Experimental and Numerical Dosimetry for 5G and 6G.” It includes nine papers, all open access.
#RF
Go to:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
#RF
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November 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The journal Bioelectromagnetics has posted a special issue on “Experimental and Numerical Dosimetry for 5G and 6G.” It includes nine papers, all open access.
#RF
Go to:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
#RF
Go to:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
October 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
September 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New
A warning from French 🇫🇷 researchers:
“[Our findings] support the hypothesis that the developing central nervous system is vulnerable to RF-EMF [non-thermal] exposures in rodents at regulatory thresholds.”
900 MHz; SARs=0.08 & 0.4 W/Kg.
Open access.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A warning from French 🇫🇷 researchers:
“[Our findings] support the hypothesis that the developing central nervous system is vulnerable to RF-EMF [non-thermal] exposures in rodents at regulatory thresholds.”
900 MHz; SARs=0.08 & 0.4 W/Kg.
Open access.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
September 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
New
A warning from French 🇫🇷 researchers:
“[Our findings] support the hypothesis that the developing central nervous system is vulnerable to RF-EMF [non-thermal] exposures in rodents at regulatory thresholds.”
900 MHz; SARs=0.08 & 0.4 W/Kg.
Open access.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A warning from French 🇫🇷 researchers:
“[Our findings] support the hypothesis that the developing central nervous system is vulnerable to RF-EMF [non-thermal] exposures in rodents at regulatory thresholds.”
900 MHz; SARs=0.08 & 0.4 W/Kg.
Open access.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“Systematic Review of the Impact of EM Waves on Living Beings”
“These findings underscore the significant health & environmental risks associated with rising exposure levels of EMF highlighting the urgent need for strategies to mitigate the risks.”
From 🇩🇪/🇨🇴
Open access
www.cureus.com/articles/400...
“These findings underscore the significant health & environmental risks associated with rising exposure levels of EMF highlighting the urgent need for strategies to mitigate the risks.”
From 🇩🇪/🇨🇴
Open access
www.cureus.com/articles/400...
August 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
“Systematic Review of the Impact of EM Waves on Living Beings”
“These findings underscore the significant health & environmental risks associated with rising exposure levels of EMF highlighting the urgent need for strategies to mitigate the risks.”
From 🇩🇪/🇨🇴
Open access
www.cureus.com/articles/400...
“These findings underscore the significant health & environmental risks associated with rising exposure levels of EMF highlighting the urgent need for strategies to mitigate the risks.”
From 🇩🇪/🇨🇴
Open access
www.cureus.com/articles/400...
#NIEHS / #NTP describe a prototype for a small-scale #RF exposure system to investigate toxicological effects.
Studies are needed, they advise, given widespread human exposure to RF radiation from cell phones.
New 200pp report 👇
doi.org/10.22427/NIE...
Background: microwavenews.com/news-center/...
Studies are needed, they advise, given widespread human exposure to RF radiation from cell phones.
New 200pp report 👇
doi.org/10.22427/NIE...
Background: microwavenews.com/news-center/...
August 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
#NIEHS / #NTP describe a prototype for a small-scale #RF exposure system to investigate toxicological effects.
Studies are needed, they advise, given widespread human exposure to RF radiation from cell phones.
New 200pp report 👇
doi.org/10.22427/NIE...
Background: microwavenews.com/news-center/...
Studies are needed, they advise, given widespread human exposure to RF radiation from cell phones.
New 200pp report 👇
doi.org/10.22427/NIE...
Background: microwavenews.com/news-center/...
To understand why EMF–health research never seems to make much progress, check out what happened to Reba Goodman when she made some major breakthroughs. A former professor at Columbia University, Goodman died last year.
It’s a long and troubling story.
microwavenews.com/news-center/...
It’s a long and troubling story.
microwavenews.com/news-center/...
August 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
To understand why EMF–health research never seems to make much progress, check out what happened to Reba Goodman when she made some major breakthroughs. A former professor at Columbia University, Goodman died last year.
It’s a long and troubling story.
microwavenews.com/news-center/...
It’s a long and troubling story.
microwavenews.com/news-center/...
Evidence reveals #RF exposures may be genotoxic and could pose a cancer risk. Exposure duration & real-world signals are most important factors influencing genotoxicity, warranting further research to address. We support precautionary measures.
From 🇦🇺. Open access
www.frontiersin.org/journals/pub...
From 🇦🇺. Open access
www.frontiersin.org/journals/pub...
July 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Evidence reveals #RF exposures may be genotoxic and could pose a cancer risk. Exposure duration & real-world signals are most important factors influencing genotoxicity, warranting further research to address. We support precautionary measures.
From 🇦🇺. Open access
www.frontiersin.org/journals/pub...
From 🇦🇺. Open access
www.frontiersin.org/journals/pub...
No effect of 2.4 & 5.8 GHz #RF on flower visitation rates by honey bees. But there was a “significant reduction” in visits by bumble bees when the plants were exposed to the RF.
The exact mechanism “is not yet clear.”
The research was self-funded.
From 🇩🇪.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The exact mechanism “is not yet clear.”
The research was self-funded.
From 🇩🇪.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
July 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
No effect of 2.4 & 5.8 GHz #RF on flower visitation rates by honey bees. But there was a “significant reduction” in visits by bumble bees when the plants were exposed to the RF.
The exact mechanism “is not yet clear.”
The research was self-funded.
From 🇩🇪.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The exact mechanism “is not yet clear.”
The research was self-funded.
From 🇩🇪.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A major review of the radical pair mechanism as a possible explanation —or not— of weak #RF biological effects from Germany’s University of Oldenburg with participation and funding from the BfS, the 🇩🇪 radiation protection office.
Posed today. Open access.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Posed today. Open access.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
July 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A major review of the radical pair mechanism as a possible explanation —or not— of weak #RF biological effects from Germany’s University of Oldenburg with participation and funding from the BfS, the 🇩🇪 radiation protection office.
Posed today. Open access.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Posed today. Open access.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
”Our measurements of RF-EMF outdoor exposure levels [in four countries, 🇳🇱 🇨🇭 🇧🇪 🇪🇸] do not indicate change in exposure levels between 2016 and 2023 despite an increase in mobile data traffic by a factor of 8 in Western Europe.”
#RF
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#RF
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
July 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
”Our measurements of RF-EMF outdoor exposure levels [in four countries, 🇳🇱 🇨🇭 🇧🇪 🇪🇸] do not indicate change in exposure levels between 2016 and 2023 despite an increase in mobile data traffic by a factor of 8 in Western Europe.”
#RF
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#RF
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In a soon to be posted review, Jim Lin, UIC & ex-ICNIRP, deplores the “substantial incongruities and inconsistencies in the ICNIRP guidelines and IEEE/ICES standards," and the “less trustworthy appraisals [of] many of the recent WHO sponsored systematic reviews.”
www.frontiersin.org/journals/pub...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/pub...
July 3, 2025 at 1:57 AM
In a soon to be posted review, Jim Lin, UIC & ex-ICNIRP, deplores the “substantial incongruities and inconsistencies in the ICNIRP guidelines and IEEE/ICES standards," and the “less trustworthy appraisals [of] many of the recent WHO sponsored systematic reviews.”
www.frontiersin.org/journals/pub...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/pub...
New paper on 5G from Zurich 🇨🇭:
A key finding:
“The differential effects observed between the 700 MHz and 3.6 GHz exposures highlight the importance of considering signal characteristics and tissue properties in understanding RF-EMF interactions.”
Open access
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A key finding:
“The differential effects observed between the 700 MHz and 3.6 GHz exposures highlight the importance of considering signal characteristics and tissue properties in understanding RF-EMF interactions.”
Open access
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
June 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
New paper on 5G from Zurich 🇨🇭:
A key finding:
“The differential effects observed between the 700 MHz and 3.6 GHz exposures highlight the importance of considering signal characteristics and tissue properties in understanding RF-EMF interactions.”
Open access
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A key finding:
“The differential effects observed between the 700 MHz and 3.6 GHz exposures highlight the importance of considering signal characteristics and tissue properties in understanding RF-EMF interactions.”
Open access
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
All is not going well with the Japanese/Korean partial repeat of the NTP RF–cancer animal study.
What will IARC do now?
Check out our latest, just posted 👇.
www.microwavenews.com/news-center/...
What will IARC do now?
Check out our latest, just posted 👇.
www.microwavenews.com/news-center/...
June 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
All is not going well with the Japanese/Korean partial repeat of the NTP RF–cancer animal study.
What will IARC do now?
Check out our latest, just posted 👇.
www.microwavenews.com/news-center/...
What will IARC do now?
Check out our latest, just posted 👇.
www.microwavenews.com/news-center/...
In an unsigned opinion, BfS, the German radiation protection office, has rejected WHO’s systematic review which found credible and reliable evidence that #RF radiation causes cancer in animals.
BfS is the chief sponsor of ICNIRP which has long dismissed the cancer link.
www.bfs.de/DE/bfs/wisse...
BfS is the chief sponsor of ICNIRP which has long dismissed the cancer link.
www.bfs.de/DE/bfs/wisse...
May 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
In an unsigned opinion, BfS, the German radiation protection office, has rejected WHO’s systematic review which found credible and reliable evidence that #RF radiation causes cancer in animals.
BfS is the chief sponsor of ICNIRP which has long dismissed the cancer link.
www.bfs.de/DE/bfs/wisse...
BfS is the chief sponsor of ICNIRP which has long dismissed the cancer link.
www.bfs.de/DE/bfs/wisse...
“EMFs represent promising, minimally invasive control modalities for next-generation gene- and cell-based therapies.”
Using mT fields in the 0.1 – 1 kHz frequency range with nanoparticles to generate reactive oxygen species.
From ETH-Zurich Basel 🇨🇭. Open access.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Using mT fields in the 0.1 – 1 kHz frequency range with nanoparticles to generate reactive oxygen species.
From ETH-Zurich Basel 🇨🇭. Open access.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
May 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
“EMFs represent promising, minimally invasive control modalities for next-generation gene- and cell-based therapies.”
Using mT fields in the 0.1 – 1 kHz frequency range with nanoparticles to generate reactive oxygen species.
From ETH-Zurich Basel 🇨🇭. Open access.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Using mT fields in the 0.1 – 1 kHz frequency range with nanoparticles to generate reactive oxygen species.
From ETH-Zurich Basel 🇨🇭. Open access.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
April 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Last & most important WHO #RF systematic review is out.
It concludes:
There “is evidence that RF EMF exposure increases the incidence of cancer in experimental animals with the [certainty of evidence] being strongest for malignant heart schwannomas and gliomas.”
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
It concludes:
There “is evidence that RF EMF exposure increases the incidence of cancer in experimental animals with the [certainty of evidence] being strongest for malignant heart schwannomas and gliomas.”
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
April 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Last & most important WHO #RF systematic review is out.
It concludes:
There “is evidence that RF EMF exposure increases the incidence of cancer in experimental animals with the [certainty of evidence] being strongest for malignant heart schwannomas and gliomas.”
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
It concludes:
There “is evidence that RF EMF exposure increases the incidence of cancer in experimental animals with the [certainty of evidence] being strongest for malignant heart schwannomas and gliomas.”
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“Demonstrates that ion channel function can be modulated by specific THz fields, opening new avenues for applications in biomedical fields, particularly in treatment of channelopathies.”
1.4, 2.2 & 2.9 THz for K; 48.6 THz for Na.
1 THz = 1,000 GHz
From 🇨🇳, Open access.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
1.4, 2.2 & 2.9 THz for K; 48.6 THz for Na.
1 THz = 1,000 GHz
From 🇨🇳, Open access.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
April 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM
“Demonstrates that ion channel function can be modulated by specific THz fields, opening new avenues for applications in biomedical fields, particularly in treatment of channelopathies.”
1.4, 2.2 & 2.9 THz for K; 48.6 THz for Na.
1 THz = 1,000 GHz
From 🇨🇳, Open access.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
1.4, 2.2 & 2.9 THz for K; 48.6 THz for Na.
1 THz = 1,000 GHz
From 🇨🇳, Open access.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
New and important on the “extraordinary sensitivity” of biological cells to “weak electrical signals”.
“Our study reveals that activity...can endow...membranes with the ability to sense and respond to electric fields that are far weaker than the thermal noise limit...”
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
“Our study reveals that activity...can endow...membranes with the ability to sense and respond to electric fields that are far weaker than the thermal noise limit...”
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
March 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
New and important on the “extraordinary sensitivity” of biological cells to “weak electrical signals”.
“Our study reveals that activity...can endow...membranes with the ability to sense and respond to electric fields that are far weaker than the thermal noise limit...”
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
“Our study reveals that activity...can endow...membranes with the ability to sense and respond to electric fields that are far weaker than the thermal noise limit...”
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Long-term MW exposure may impair testes & male reproductive potential of rats —through hormone disruption, decreased sperm motility, abnormal sperm morphology, damage to DNA and testicular tissue, enhanced oxidative stress & disrupted energy metabolism.
From 🇨🇳.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
From 🇨🇳.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
March 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Long-term MW exposure may impair testes & male reproductive potential of rats —through hormone disruption, decreased sperm motility, abnormal sperm morphology, damage to DNA and testicular tissue, enhanced oxidative stress & disrupted energy metabolism.
From 🇨🇳.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
From 🇨🇳.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New from intl team led by C Dahon & M Ahmad @sorbonne-universite.fr 🇫🇷. They report:
Living cells are sensitive to “astonishingly weak“ RF signals —those “far below” current safety limits. Effects occur “well within” levels associated with cellphones & Wi-Fi.
Open access
www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/12...
Living cells are sensitive to “astonishingly weak“ RF signals —those “far below” current safety limits. Effects occur “well within” levels associated with cellphones & Wi-Fi.
Open access
www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/12...
March 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
New from intl team led by C Dahon & M Ahmad @sorbonne-universite.fr 🇫🇷. They report:
Living cells are sensitive to “astonishingly weak“ RF signals —those “far below” current safety limits. Effects occur “well within” levels associated with cellphones & Wi-Fi.
Open access
www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/12...
Living cells are sensitive to “astonishingly weak“ RF signals —those “far below” current safety limits. Effects occur “well within” levels associated with cellphones & Wi-Fi.
Open access
www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/12...
Results show significant differences in EM exposures at different seating positions in vehicles. Level in the driver’s body is higher than that of the rear passenger.
Max magnetic field at the inverter is ~10 mT (100G) and decreases “rapidly” with distance.
From 🇨🇳.
academic.oup.com/rpd/advance-...
Max magnetic field at the inverter is ~10 mT (100G) and decreases “rapidly” with distance.
From 🇨🇳.
academic.oup.com/rpd/advance-...
February 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Results show significant differences in EM exposures at different seating positions in vehicles. Level in the driver’s body is higher than that of the rear passenger.
Max magnetic field at the inverter is ~10 mT (100G) and decreases “rapidly” with distance.
From 🇨🇳.
academic.oup.com/rpd/advance-...
Max magnetic field at the inverter is ~10 mT (100G) and decreases “rapidly” with distance.
From 🇨🇳.
academic.oup.com/rpd/advance-...