News tagged with safety limits

Judge blocks most of SF cellphone warning law

(AP) -- A federal judge on Thursday struck down most of a San Francisco ordinance that requires retailers to warn customers about cellphone radiation and its health effects.

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Radiation Review: Some People May be 'Allergic' to Cell Phones, Computers

(PhysOrg.com) -- How exactly does the radiation from electromagnetic fields (EMF) affect the human body? Is it possible that cell phones, computer monitors, TVs, and other electronic devices - which operate ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 15, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (38) | comments 31 feature

Ground Control to Major Tom: London ISA Catches Speeders

An Intelligent Speed Adaption (ISA) system is being tested by the London for Transport (TfL). The eye-in-the-sky ISA system relies on a computer installed in the vehicle with pre-loaded speed limit road data ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 11, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 4 weblog




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3 Questions: Andrew Lo on JP Morgan's multibillion-dollar trading loss

Earlier this month, heavyweight bank JP Morgan Chase announced it had lost at least $2 billion on a single trade — a figure that could grow as the firm struggles to unwind its position. The event has pr ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Lower energy could lead to more biological imaging at LCLS

While SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source was designed to push the limits as a high-energy X-ray laser, users' requests have led staff at the facility to successfully step it back to a lower minimum energy ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Report details efforts to improve, advance indoor microbial sampling

Humans spend greater than 90 percent of their time indoors, but we're never alone there. Bacteria and viruses, scientists estimate, make up half of the world's biomass—some 10 nonillion (1 followed by ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The transit of Venus

Many astronomers and members of the public in Britain will be getting up early on the morning of 6 June, so they can see the final Transit of Venus of the 21st century. The Transit, when Venus passes directly ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Is California preparing for climate change? Results from new climate adaptation survey

A majority of California's coastal planners and resource managers now view the threats from climate change as sufficiently likely that practical steps on the ground need to be taken to protect against growing threats, according ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 17

Food, water safety provide new challenges for today's sensors

Sensors that work flawlessly in laboratory settings may stumble when it comes to performing in real-world conditions, according to researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Technology / Engineering

created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nanomedicine: Quantum dots appear safe in pioneering study on primates

A pioneering study to gauge the toxicity of quantum dots in primates has found the tiny crystals to be safe over a one-year period, a hopeful outcome for doctors and scientists seeking new ways to battle diseases ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 20, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Genetic safety in numbers, platypus study finds

(Phys.org) -- Platypuses on the Australian mainland and in Tasmania are fighting fit but those on small islands are at high risk of being wiped out from disease, according to a University of Sydney study.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

AP IMPACT: Evacs and drills pared near nuke plants

(AP) -- Without fanfare, the nation's nuclear power regulators have overhauled community emergency planning for the first time in more than three decades, requiring fewer exercises for major accidents and recommending that ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Unsafe at any speed: Even for driving pros, distractions increase crash risk

(Phys.org) -- The ringing cell phone you're reaching to answer. The text message that demands a reply now. The GPS you're trying to program as you're frantically rushing to your destination.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1


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