Pulsed Radio-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields: Dose-dependent Effects on Sleep, the Sleep EEG and Cognitive Performance

Sabine J. Regel, Gilberte Tinguely, Jürgen Schuderer, Martin Adam, Niels Kuster, Hans-Peter Landolt, and Peter Achermann, in Journal of Sleep Research, Volume 16, Issue 3, pp. 253–258, September 2007. Published online August 17, 2007

Carcinogenicity Study of 217 Hz Pulsed 900 MHz Electromagnetic Fields in Pim1 Transgenic Mice

Germano Oberto, Katia Rolfo, Ping Yu, Michela Carbonatto, Sergio Peano, Niels Kuster, Sven Ebert and Santi Tofani, in Radiation Research, Volume 168, Issue 3, pp. 316–326, September 2007

Assessment Methods for Demonstrating Compliance with Safety Limits of Wireless Devices Used in Home and Office Environments

Sven Kühn, Urs Lott, Axel Kramer, and Niels Kuster, in IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Volume 49, Issue 3, pp. 519–525, August 2007

Novel Conformal Technique to Reduce Staircasing Artifacts at Material Boundaries for FDTD Modeling of the Bioheat Equation

Esra Neufeld, Nik Chavannes, Theodoros Samaras, and Niels Kuster, in Physics in Medicine and Biology, Volume 52, Issue 15, pp. 4371–4381, August 2007. Published online 22 June 2007

Benefits of Superficial Hyperthermia Treatment Planning: Five Case Studies

Maarten de Bruijne, D. H. M. Wielheesen, J. van der Zee, Nicolas Chavannes and Gerard C. van Rhoon, in International Journal of Hyperthermia, Volume 23, Issue 5, pp. 417–429, August 2007

SAR Distribution in Human Beings When Using Body-worn RF Transmitters

Andreas Christ, Theodoros Samaras, Esra Neufeld, Anja Klingenböck, and Niels Kuster, in Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Volume 124, Issue 1, pp. 6–14. Published online July 24, 2007

Quantitative Validation of the 3D SAR Profile of Hyperthermia Applicators Using the Gamma Method

Maarten de Bruijne, Theodoros Samaras, Nicolas Chavannes, and Gerard C. van Rhoon, in Physics in Medicine and Biology, Volume 52, Issue 11, pp. 3075–3088, June 2007

Requirements for Reliable Worst-case Assessment of Human Exposure to RF Electromagnetic Fields with Known Uncertainty

Andreas Christ, in Health Physics, Volume 92, Issue 6, pp. 554–564, June 2007. invited paper

New RF Report by the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment

Swiss National Science Foundation 2006 Annual Report

The Swiss National Science Foundation, which has funded several IT'IS projects, released its 2006 Annual Report.

IT'IS Annual Report 2006

The Annual Report 2006 features key figures for 2006 and overviews of selected projects: 

Genetic Algorithm Based Optimzer for Parametrized CAD Data Indoor Exposure Assessment Risk Assessments - In Vivo Experiments Hyperthermia Treatment Planning

Pulsed Radio Frequency Radiation Affects Cognitive Performance and the Waking Electroencephalogram

Sabine J. Regel, Julie M. Gottselig, Jürgen Schuderer, Gilberte Tinguely, Julia V. Rétey, Niels Kuster, Hans-Peter Landolt, and Peter Achermann, in Neuroreport, Volume 18, Issue 8, pp. 803–807, May 2007

Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENHIR) report

IMTC 2007 Student Paper Award

IT'IS PhD student Marc Wegmüller wins the student paper award at the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (IMTC 2007)

A New Planning Tool for Hyperthermic Cancer Treatment

Esra Neufeld, in ERCIM News, Number 69, pp. 31–32, April 2007, invited

Long-term use of cellular phones and brain tumours -- increased risk associated with use for > 10 years

Wegmüller (2007) Thesis

Marc Simon Wegmüller, “Intra-Body Communication for Biomedical Sensor Networks,” PhD Thesi, Swiss Federal Insititute of Technologys, Thesis No. 17323, Zurich, 2007

Berdiñas-Torres (2007) Thesis

Verónica Berdiñas-Torres, “Exposure Systems and Dosimetry of Large-Scale In Vivo Studies,” PhD Thesis, Swiss Federal Insititute of Technology, Thesis No. 17429, Zurich, 2007

Multi-Goal (S11, OTA, SAR) Optimization of Mobile Phones Using Effective Novel Genetic Algorithms

Nicolas Chavannes, Microwave Engineering Europe, April 2007

Feasibility of Future Epidemiological Studies on Possible Health Effects of Mobile Phone Base Stations

Georg Neubauer, Maria Feychting, Yngve Hamnerius, Leeka Kheifets, Niels Kuster, Ignacio Ruiz, Joachim Schüz, Richard Überbacher, Joe Wiart, and Martin Röösli, in Bioelectromagnetics, Volume 28, Issue 3, pp. 224–230, April 2007, online 1 November 2006

Carcinogenicity Study of GSM / DCS Wireless Communication Signals in B6C3F1 Mice

Thomas Tillmann, Heinrich Ernst, Sven Ebert, Niels Kuster, Wolfgang Behnke, Susanne Rittinghausen, and Clemens Dasenbrock, in Bioelectromagnetics, Volume 28, Issue 3, pp. 173–187, April 2007, online 3 October 2006

Worst Case Temperature Rise in a One-dimensional Tissue Model Exposed to Radiofrequency Radiation

Theodoros Samaras, Andreas Christ, and Niels Kuster, in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Volume 54, Issue 3, pp. 492–496, March 2007

iWAT'07 Best Student Presentation Award

IT'IS PhD student Stefan Schild was presented the best student presentation award at the 3rd IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technologies (iWAT'07)

Recent Research on EMF and Health Risks: Swedish Report

Launch of the National Research Programme on risks related to electromagnetic radiation

Mobile phone use and risk of glioma in 5 North European countries

Cellular Telephone Use and Cancer Risk: Update of a Nationwide Danish Cohort

Development of Novel Whole-Body Exposure Setups for Rats Providing High Efficiency, National Toxicology Program (NTP) Compatibility and Well-Characterized Exposure

Wolfgang Kainz, Neviana Nikoloski, Walter Oesch, Veronica Berdiñas-Torres, Jürg Fröhlich, Georg Neubauer, and Niels Kuster, in Physics in Medicine and Biology, Volume 51, Number 20, pp. 5211–5229, October 2006

Characterization of the Electromagnetic Near-field Absorption in Layered Biological Tissue in the Frequency Range from 30 MHz to 6000 MHz

Andreas Christ, Theodoros Samaras, Anja Klingenböck and Niels Kuster in Physics in Medicine and Biology, Volume 51, Number 19, pp. 4951-4966, October 2006

Source of Funding and Results of Studies of Health Effects of Mobile Phone Use: Systematic Review of Experimental Studies