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Millimetre-wave biology

Find cellular responses and skin or eye findings at higher frequencies, with exposure intensity and thermal conditions kept alongside the result.

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WEB-041Original abstract reviewed

28 GHz: measured pain thresholds in human skin

Pain is an outcome people can recognise directly. This experiment measured when intense local millimetre-wave exposure progressed from warmth to pain, and how responses differed between participants. It provides human threshold information under a specific high-exposure protocol.

Yuasa et al. · 2026People
WEB-039Original abstract reviewed

27.5 GHz: reproductive responses differ between mouse strains

An effect averaged across a population can miss differences in susceptibility. This recent experiment found that mouse strains responded differently to prolonged exposure, with sperm and testicular changes concentrated in particular groups. The differences are a reason to examine the design and results closely.

Palone et al. · 2026Animals
WEB-038Original text reviewed

27.5 GHz: early-life skin signalling and mast-cell responses

A tissue can respond without showing visible damage. In young mice, prolonged exposure changed several signals involved in skin immunity and sensory regulation. Those findings deserve follow-up, especially across developmental stages, without turning the measured changes into a diagnosis of inflammatory disease.

Palone et al. · 2026Animals
WEB-033Original text reviewed

60 GHz: skin-model injury thresholds and the limits of averaging

A small damaged area can disappear inside an average taken across a whole sample. This report found that inspecting the exposed tissue revealed local injury that a bulk viability reading could miss. It also investigated how hot, humid surroundings changed the injury threshold.

Ikehata et al. · 2026Cells / isolated tissue
WEB-045Original abstract reviewed

95 GHz: burn severity and exposure depth in skin

Strong radiofrequency exposure can injure tissue, and frequency changes where energy is deposited. These experiments measured burn severity and followed the tissue over time. They supply injury-threshold data, with exposure levels that must remain conspicuous beside the results.

Parker et al. · 2024Animals
WEB-042Original text reviewed

28 GHz: warmth perception varies with exposure intensity

Knowing when someone first notices warmth helps interpret stronger exposure experiments. These measurements show that perception thresholds and their repeatability depend on the exposure level. That is useful human physiology, even though the protocol was far more intense than ordinary environmental fields.

Yuasa et al. · 2024People
WEB-032Original abstract reviewed

60 GHz: eye injury under different temperature and humidity conditions

An eye’s response to strong exposure may depend on its surroundings as well as the field itself. This study examined those conditions directly. The injury findings belong in the record, alongside the uncertainty in the additional effect attributed to heat and humidity.

Kojima et al. · 2024Animals
WEB-015Original text reviewed

Human and mouse neural stem-cell injury under 220 GHz exposure

Comparing human and animal cells can reveal differences in susceptibility. This experiment investigates proliferation, DNA-damage markers and cell death at a precisely identified sub-terahertz frequency.

Wang et al. · 2023Cells / isolated tissue
WEB-040Original text reviewed

28 GHz: altered pigment production in skin models

Skin pigmentation is a regulated biological process, not simply a cosmetic feature. This experiment found that exposure changed stimulated pigment production in cell and reconstructed-skin models. It adds a measurable response to investigate; whether the change has harmful consequences was not tested.

Kim et al. · 2022Cells / isolated tissue
WEB-028Original text reviewed

60 GHz: gene expression, DNA folding and collagen deposition

Skin cells do more than form a barrier: they maintain and repair the tissue around them. This experiment found changes in that work after repeated 60 GHz exposure. It gives us specific molecular responses to investigate, while leaving open whether they persist or matter at lower exposures.

Lawler et al. · 2022Cells / isolated tissue
WEB-017Original abstract reviewed

Corneal drying during high-power 162 GHz exposure

Tissue condition changes how energy is absorbed. This experiment observes drying of the eye surface during a high-power exposure, alongside measurements intended to improve dosimetry.

Mizuno et al. · 2021Animals
WEB-044Original text reviewed

75–105 GHz: cell death and susceptibility in a cancer-cell comparison

Different cell types need not respond alike. This study followed the earlier morphology work with measurements of cell death and senescence, including a non-tumour cell comparator. That comparison is central to what the findings can—and cannot—tell us about biological susceptibility.

Komoshvili et al. · 2020Cells / isolated tissue
WEB-043Original text reviewed

75–105 GHz: persistent shape changes in lung-cancer cells

A short exposure was followed by observations over two weeks, rather than a single immediate measurement. The researchers reported lasting changes in cancer-cell shape and growth. This is biological research within a radar-related frequency range, although it used a broad sweep rather than a car radar signal.

Komoshvili et al. · 2020Cells / isolated tissue
WEB-031Original text reviewed

58.4 GHz: pulse timing changes the cellular heat response

An average temperature can conceal brief peaks. In this cancer-cell experiment, pulsed heating produced a stronger response than continuous heating with the same average temperature rise. It illustrates why exposure timing belongs beside intensity when interpreting an experiment.

Orlacchio et al. · 2019Cells / isolated tissue
WEB-030Original text reviewed

60 GHz: sensory neurons respond differently from direct heating

Sensory nerve endings help an organism detect potentially harmful conditions. In isolated leech neurons, intense millimetre waves changed the threshold for nerve firing differently from direct heating. The experiment offers a mechanism to examine; it does not establish the cause of symptoms in people.

Romanenko et al. · 2019Cells / isolated tissue
WEB-029Original text reviewed

60.4 GHz: changes in substances released by skin cells

What a cell releases can reveal responses that a gene-expression assay misses. These researchers found marked changes outside exposed skin cells and proposed altered membrane permeability as an explanation. That explanation remains a hypothesis, with an important difference in the timing of the controls.

Le Pogam et al. · 2019Cells / isolated tissue
WEB-022Original text reviewed

Frequency-dependent corneal injury at 40, 75 and 95 GHz

Frequency-specific injury measurements help define what an experiment actually establishes. This work follows the course of corneal damage and recovery at three millimetre-wave frequencies.

Kojima et al. · 2018Animals
WEB-019Original abstract reviewed

Exploratory gene-expression findings in skin cells at 60.4 GHz

A useful research record also shows how a finding was selected. Five gene responses were confirmed after exploratory screening, while the genome-wide corrected analysis found no significant change.

Le Quément et al. · 2012Cells / isolated tissue
WEB-021Original text reviewed

Ocular injury thresholds in a 76 GHz rabbit experiment

Frequency-matched experiments are useful starting points for radar questions. This conference paper identifies eye effects at high power in the automotive-radar frequency region.

Kojima et al. · 2011Animals

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