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With the help of supercomputing power, researchers explore the health risks of wireless devices through virtual body models and advanced algorithms
VIDEO Every moment, we’re swimming in a sea of electromagnetic radiation. Appliances, power lines, cellphones, Wi-Fi and a slew of other modern technologies emit microwaves that pass through, and interact with, our bodies. As wireless technology continues to proliferate in our daily lives, anxiety builds about its dangers. Do cellphones cause cancer? Impact fertility? Affect… » Continue Reading
With Hurricane Ike, researchers develop next-generation forecasts to safeguard coastal communities
Science at the Center of the Storm: It was Sept. 7, 2008, six days before Hurricane Ike, the third most destructive hurricane in U.S. history, crashed into the Texas coast. Ike had already made landfall in Cuba as a Category 4 hurricane, and in the coming days would gather strength over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.