RED ALERT in nuclear India
India's pampered nuclear power programme is losing steam. Uranium stocks are almost over; people won't let the government dig new mines; all …
Digital Amnesia: Excessive use of mobile phone could lead to memory loss
Smartphone addiction could impair our brain’s ability to retain new information and form new memories
Mobile towers are harmless, says declassified CPCB report
It states that there is no substantive or convincing evidence of cell phone radiation’s biological effects that can harm a person’s health
Costly cleanup
Factory workers engaged in cleaning bomb factories in the US may be exposed to radiation
‘Telecom industry did no research on health impacts of 5G’
India plans to begin 5G trials by 2020, but experts and industry stand at odds over its impact on human health and environment. The fifth …
Book launch becomes platform to debunk studies on health risks of cell phone towers
IIT professor and international expert say fear around mobile technology is unscientific
Cold comfort: The sun is cooling; doesn't mean there'll be no global warming
The sun is going through a period of decreased activity known as the modern grand solar minimum. The last time such an event occurred led to the …
Occupational hazard: Exposure to ionising radiation affects over 24 million workers globally
Behavioural risk factors plays an important role in the worldwide cancer burden and 44% of global cancer deaths are preventable
Deadline extended for developers of solar thermal projects
Faulty solar radiation data and delay in raw material supply slow down developers; deadline extended to spare them penalties
Seven quick fixes for fast changing climate
UN’s latest climate report suggests temporary remedial measures to save the world from climate change. But most are in experimental stages …
A new awakening
When India launches its maiden Aditya-1 Mission, it will further illuminate our understanding of the sun
Adani, Azure Power win solar bids in Uttar Pradesh
Solar energy is significant for the energy mix because of its decentralised and modular nature
Six years on, authorities clueless about Fukushima
Abnormally high radiation preventing humans and robots from cleaning the damaged reactors
Does space weather cause flight delays? New study spots links
Flight delay problems can be relieved to some extent if flight scheduling reasonably considers space weather effects
Indian astronomers get an insight into Crab nebula pulsar
Indian astronomers have obtained the most precise hard X-ray polarisation measurements of Crab pulsar, a star which exploded centuries ago
Green tribunal bans use of gas, electronic cutters in dismantling machinery in Delhi's Mayapuri scrap market
Orders MoEF to install scanners to prevent recurrence of radiation mishaps like the one in 2010
Time to Plug in
The International Conference for Renewable Energies is to be held in Bonn, Germany. But here is a sector dwarfed by fossil fuels, and although …
Radioactive mirage
India is aggressively shopping for nuclear fuel and technology to ramp up its energy production. What does it mean in terms of cost, technology …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 20, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Why geoengineering is still a dangerous, techno-utopian dream
Experts have increasingly warned against manipulating Earth’s natural systems
Four workers exposed to nuclear radiation in Kota
Second incident in a month; authorities say nothing to panic because radiation is a way of life
Life post Fukushima
It is one year since the great eastern Japan earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster ravaged Japan. How is the country coping? …
Mars orbiter's first course correction manoeuvre successful
Three more corrections are planned during the satellite's journey to the orbit of Mars to prevent it from straying from trajectory
Don’t take any ad hoc decision on cell phone towers, IIT profs request Centre
They say radiation from these towers too low to be harmful; health activists accuse them of conflict of interest