WEB-027Original text reviewed
Nanoparticle uptake by red blood cells after 18 GHz exposure
The reported finding
23.5 nm nanospheres entered about 96% of counted cells; 46.3 nm uptake was about 46% at 33°C and 58% at 37°C.
Reading it carefully
Viability retained; heating controls did not reproduce uptake, but local thermal effects were not excluded. Very high-intensity laboratory work; not a satellite exposure or demonstrated disease outcome.
Inside the study
Technology connection
Microwave laboratory research at an adjacent or overlapping frequency; not a Starlink or satellite-system exposure.
Publication type
Original journal research
Exposure conditions
18 GHz; three consecutive exposures at approximately 3 kW/kg SAR each; protocols reaching 33 or 37°C.
Design & controls
Isolated rabbit red blood cells; microscopy confirmation of silica-nanosphere uptake; untreated and Peltier-heated controls.
Statistics
See reported finding and original tables; effect sizes not independently recalculated.
Related research & shared cohorts
The protection question raised
Which exposure conditions and biological models reproduce this response, and what would establish its relevance to health?
Source verification
Original methods/results sections reviewed; no independent raw-data or supplement audit.
Where to find the result
Original results/methods sections
Editorial notices
Linked notice fields in retrieved Europe PMC/PubMed records checked 21 October 2026; no correction or retraction surfaced there. Publisher-history and forward-citation screening are not exhaustive.
Funding
Funding statement not extracted in this source check; see the original publication.
Conflicts of interest
Competing Interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Original publication
The Hong Phong Nguyen; Vy T H Pham; Vladimir Baulin; Rodney J Croft; Russell J Crawford; Elena P Ivanova. The effect of a high frequency electromagnetic field in the microwave range on red blood cells. Scientific reports. 2017. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-11288-9.