Neowin News Feed for: Radiation

Scientists create new battery powered by Chernobyl-like nuclear wastelands and light

Sayan Sen — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 21:58:01 +0000

Scientists recently developed a novel battery technology that can use atomic or nuclear waste to convert electricity. Read more...

Nuclear safety watchdog fines Samsung for leaked radiation exposure incident in South Korea

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:44:01 +0000

South Korea's Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC) has fined Samsung following an incident where two workers were hospitalized after radiation exposure. Read more...

Apple to push software update to address iPhone 12 radiation issue

Paul Hill — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:46:01 +0000

Apple has said it will issue a software update for the iPhone 12 to placate French regulators who have said the device is emitting too much radiation and has banned sales in the country. Read more...

Belgium is now looking into Apple's iPhone 12 radiation-related health risks

Paul Hill — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 11:38:01 +0000

Belgium has decided to follow France and has launched an investigation into the iPhone 12 over radiation fears. Apple has contested the matter saying its phone meets international standards. Read more...

France bans sale of iPhone 12 over high radiation levels, Apple disputes the findings

Anurag Singh — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 10:00:02 +0000

France's National Frequency Agency (ANFR) has notified Apple that it is banning the sale of iPhone 12 models in the country. Apple expressed its disagreement with ANFR's conclusions. Read more...

UKSA and Rolls-Royce to study nuclear-powered space travel

Paul Hill — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 17:20:01 +0000

The UK Space Agency is going to work with Rolls-Royce to investigate nuclear propulsion. If developed, a nuclear rocket would get to Mars in half the time it currently takes with today's technology. Read more...

New study shows mixed results in linking cellphone radiation to cancer

Faheemmuddeen Patel — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 23:00:01 +0000

A new study by NIH, the most comprehensive study conducted in determining whether cellphone radiation is linked to the appearance of cancer, has been published, and the results are kinda weird! Read more...

10 Questions: Do cellphones give us cancer?

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 27 May 2016 13:52:01 +0000

A new, major study has come out and the internet is buzzing with panic-inducing headlines saying our phones will kill us all. But what does the study actually say and should we be worried? Read more...

Cellular radiation app blocked by Steve Jobs, has "no interest"

Tzvi Friedman — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:52:06 +0000

It’s an age-old question: Is there a risk of harmful long-term radiation exposure from holding a cell phone to your ear for extended periods of time? The issue by no means simple, and has been... Read more...

Programming error gives CT scan patients radiation overdose

Sam Symons — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:11:15 +0000

In a rather off-the-track technology related report, a hospital named Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has come into a bit of trouble due to problems with its CT scanner; a programming error has caused the machine to... Read more...

Cell Phone Radiation May Cause Visual Damage

Wed, 27 Jul 2005 15:52:27 +0000

In a recent scientific study conducted by a team of researchers from the Technion, a possible link between microwave radiation, similar to the type found in cellular phones, and different kinds of damage to the... Read more...

Mobile Phone Radiation Harms DNA, New Study Finds

Tue, 21 Dec 2004 20:02:26 +0000

Radio waves from mobile phones harm body cells and damage DNA in laboratory conditions, according to a new study majority-funded by the European Union, researchers said on Monday. The so-called Reflex study, conducted by 12... Read more...