Scan 'as damaging as atomic bomb'
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Medical scans expose people to similar levels of radiation as atomic bombs used in Hiroshima, say experts.
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Researchers identify magnetic effects that trash hard drive data, and suggest a route to more reliable storage.
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Here are several documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act detailing the U.S. military's extensive human tests of its Active Denial System -- a nonlethal weapon that uses millimeter wave radiation to induce instant, searing pain that forces people to flee instantly. By David Hambling.
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A serious flaw in Google's desktop software could be used to wreak havoc on a victim's PC.
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Tech-savvy voyeurs are cobbling together DIY infra-red scanners for less-than-noble uses. For every offense, however, there is economic opportunity. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog.
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New European Union safety rules, designed to safeguard workers, would jeopardize the use of MRI scanners in hospitals, leading scientists said on Monday.
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Patients undergoing a full-body computed tomography (CT) scan are exposed to a radiation dose equivalent to that received by some survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs, say US researchers.
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Money's too tight for air-con? An investigation has been launched at Leeds' famous St James' hospital after a server room disastrously overheated, permanently frying a new computer system for storing patient x-rays.â¦
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If you've had a CT or MRI scan recently, ask your doctor for the CD. You can make something pretty with it. In Bodyhack.
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Data on 37 million Brits mislaid Last year was the worst ever for data losses in the UK, with almost 37 million people having their private data compromised.â¦
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Radio frequency radiation from mobile phones can damage DNA in laboratory conditions, European researchers say in a recent study. The study, called REFLEX, which stands for Risk Evaluation of Potential Environmental
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Patients treated with radioactive material face an increased risk of triggering security alarms because more guards are being equipped with sensitive radiation detectors, a report said Tuesday.
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An order for civil servants to delete old e-mails could lead to crucial information being destroyed, a senior MP says.
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Human security and technologies from cell phones to weather forecasts are more at risk than ever from anti-satellite weapons and space junk, said a research report released Friday.
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Vulnerability, rated as highly critical, could enable an attacker to compromise a user's machine.
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It&#39;s not just the privacy issue of multiple users on a computer and the tool indexing everyone&#39;s contents anymore. According to a Rice University computer scientist, the flaw could allow an attacker to search
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The number of Americans undergoing CT scans has increased dramatically in recent years, driving a significant increase in the amount of radiation that many people are being exposed to from medical procedures.