Science news articles about 'cell phone tower'

... treats this holiday season? Soon, your cell phone may be able to help you maintain ... , running or biking using accelerometer data, and uses cell phone tower signals to determine if someone is riding in ...

(AP) -- More than a year after they were introduced, federal rules intended to keep cell phone towers operating during natural disasters remain in limbo.

(AP) -- Federal regulators have rejected proposed changes by the Federal Communications Commission that would require all U.S. cell phone towers to have at least eight hours of backup power.

... moisture fields in remote locations," Prof. Alpert adds. Using the signals collected from cell phone towers as they communicate with base stations and our handsets, weather forecasters will now have a ...

... to scientific research Wesley Sizemore has stymied over the years, satellites and cell phone towers don't stick in his memory quite like the possessive old hound and its ...

... as much as 90 percent, have access to a cell phone tower." "Twenty-first century medicine is ... wounded soldiers with the small, portable probe and phone to detect quickly the site of shrapnel wounds in ...

... by public health officials to study virus outbreak spread, or by telecommunication companies for planning where to locate cell-phone towers. Any situation where you would want ...

... of scientific research, however. The team believes their methods could also be applied when birds (and bats) strike and are killed by cell-phone towers, wind turbines, buildings and oil platforms.

... in October 2006, researchers have investigated possible reasons ranging from hive-infecting mites to cell phone-tower radiation. They have yet to pinpoint the cause of colony ...