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Why San Francisco's new cellphone-radiation law is pointless

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 11:06am

This week, the city of San Francisco passed a law requiring cellphone retailers to display (in at least 11-point font!) the amount of radiation that each phone on their shelves emits. Is the city ahead of the curve, or just filled with crazy hippies?

In 20 years, we'll tell you whether or not cellphones cause cancer

Kevin Hall

Friday, April 23, 2010 - 5:14am

If you found out that cellphones caused cancer, for sure, what would you do? Quit your cellphone? The fact of the matter is that we still don't know for sure, but a group of researchers in Europe aim to find...

Comprehensive study: Cellphones don't cause brain cancer

Monday, December 7, 2009 - 8:34am

Okay all you fraidycats, you can emerge from your bunkers now, because cellphones aren't going to kill you after all. The Danish Cancer Society studied just about everyone in Scandinavia over 30 years, concluding there is no "clear change in...

iPhone case fends off deadly cellphone radiation

Friday, September 18, 2009 - 9:03am

You want to scare somebody? Just mutter something about radiation and you'll be able to sell an iPhone case for $60. That's one dollar for each percentage point of deadly cellphone radiation this silicone case is said to prevent from...

Steve Jobs back in action and wearing a belt

Kevin Hall

Wednesday, September 9, 2009 - 9:19am

There was some wonder as to whether or not the man himself would take center stage during Apple's Rock and Roll event today after having received a liver transplant earlier this year. Still, there he is — upright and decidedly...

Breathalyzer gets an upgrade, detects lung cancer, too

Kevin Hall

Monday, August 31, 2009 - 2:14pm

Scientists in Israel are working on a breathalyzer they believe is able to detect lung cancer as easily as your garden variety intoxication detector (pictured above). Similar tests are in the works but require a pretreatment of the breath, which...

MIT engineer creates cancer-detecting implant

Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 1:53pm

Cancer victims have it rough. Not only is the disease incurable, but once you have it you get poked, prodded and tanked full of radioactive substances just to keep track of the tumor. That may not always be the case,...

Computer hard drive technology shows promise in the fight against cancer

Kevin Hall

Monday, December 22, 2008 - 9:59am

The same magnetic technology that allows a computer hard drive to read and write data could be used to spot cancer in its earliest stages — something that, for many forms of cancer, means the success in treating it is...

New blood-analyzing chip could spot cancer in 10 minutes from only one drop

Kevin Hall

Monday, November 17, 2008 - 12:33pm

When you're sick, getting blood work done can be a long, expensive process. The current method involves a doctor or nurse drawing 10 to 15 milliliters of blood into several vials, multiple technicians analyzing that blood for many hours, and...

Week in Review: Did the new MacBooks win you over?

DVICE Staff

Friday, October 17, 2008 - 3:00pm

This week we opened with the 10 biggest rumors circulating 'round the Internets about the new MacBooks. And what did we find out? Apple's new notebooks will feature a two-tone scheme not unlike the first generation iPhones, use a...

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Why San Francisco's new cellphone-radiation law is pointless

In 20 years, we'll tell you whether or not cellphones cause cancer

Comprehensive study: Cellphones don't cause brain cancer

iPhone case fends off deadly cellphone radiation

Steve Jobs back in action and wearing a belt

Breathalyzer gets an upgrade, detects lung cancer, too

MIT engineer creates cancer-detecting implant

Computer hard drive technology shows promise in the fight against cancer

New blood-analyzing chip could spot cancer in 10 minutes from only one drop

Week in Review: Did the new MacBooks win you over?

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