Mobile phones – communications on the go
Further Reading
November/December 2008, pages 29-31
Phone health an elusive call (by Bianca Nogrady)
Describes Australian research into health effects of mobile phones.
April 2005, page 5
Study rejects evidence of sperm damage from mobile phones
10 March 2008, pages 24-25
Why every home should have a cellphone mast (by Duncan Graham-Rowe)
Explores technology which allows for reliable cellphone signals.
5 September 2007, page 32
Cellphones could guide high-rise rescuers (by Paul Marks)
Reports on development of a system used to locate mobile phone users in high-rise buildings.
30 August 2007, page 18
Cellphones affect human cells without heating them (by Caroline Williams)
Reports on a possible mechanism in which radiation may affect cells.
4 August 2007, pages 24-25
Smartphones are the PCs of the developing world (by Jessica Marshall)
Explores the use of smartphones in developing countries.
21 April 2007, page 23
Cellphones: A pollution risk
Presents the environmental risks of mobile phones.
21 April 2007, page 17
If you're driving, stay off the phone
Reports on the findings of a study examining the likelihood of an accident with drivers who use their cellphones.
9 December 2006
Cellphone networks could help with road tolls
Looks at a method to charge motorists to use roads using mobile phone networks.
11 March 2006, pages 27-28
Welcome to the open source cellphone (by Mason Inman)
Looks at alternative uses for mobile phones.
4 February 2006
Answering the radiation question (by Caroline Williams)
Looks at the ongoing concern about the effect of mobile phones on health.
10 September 2005, pages 44-47
I'm on the plane (by David Cohen)
Asks if using mobile phones on planes endangers passengers lives.
8 January 2005, page 26
Major cellphone safety studies to report
A number of major studies are due to report their findings in 2005.
11 January 2005
Cellphones 'should not be given to children' (by Will Knight)
Discusses recent studies suggesting cellphone radiation may pose a health hazard.
9 April 2004
Cellphones may boost forces on biological tissue (by Duncan Graham-Rowe)
Mobile phone radiation may cause a massive increase in the forces that living cells exert on each other, suggests a new study from Sweden.
4 October 2003, pages 30-33
Enjoy it while you can (by Duncan Graham-Rowe)
Discusses new 'smart' mobile phones and why they are susceptible to virus attacks.
13 September 2003
Will we ever know? (by Duncan Graham-Rowe)
Discusses a forthcoming UK report on whether mobile phones pose a health risk.
Inside Science (No. 158), 15 February 2003
Do u wan2 tlk? ;-) (by Ian Sample)
Explains the difference between analogue and digital mobile phones as well as the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM).
July 2009, pages 38-39
What’s to fear about mobile phones? (by Frédéric Dubois)
Reports on a study suggesting that using mobile phones could promote brain tumours.
August 2005, pages 3-11
A collection of stories on mobile phone research including:
- The electromagnetic bath
Documents the growth in the use of technologies that produce electromagnetic fields and studies to determine their biological effect. - Safeguarding the ears
Describes research on the effect of mobile phone use on the ear. - Interphone, the world's widest survey
Describes the most extensive survey of potential mobile phone health risks yet.
May 2007, pages 15-16
Dialling in (by Sally Lehrman)
Examines the challenges for mobile communications companies to develop a suitable mobile phone for developing countries.
Page updated March 2010.