News Center: Papers and Articles Archive

“Neurobiological Interfaces Connecting Environmental Change to Monarch Butterfly Migration,” Current Opinion in Neurobiology, August 2026. “Here, we synthesize current knowledge and propose how anthropogenic stressors— artificial light at night, climate warming, and electromagnetic noise— could potentially disrupt the already threatened monarch migration by targeting key neurobiological interfaces that link environmental cues to migratory physiology and behavior.”  Butterflies have a blood-brain barrier (BBB) and it’s permeability is affected by environmental conditions. Open access.

“Disruptive Effects of Brief RF Noise Exposure on Migratory Bat Navigation,” Science, May 28, 2026. “Our experiments show that EM noise exposure disrupts the orientation of bats several hours beyond the exposure period” [emphasis added]. New from Germany’s Oldenburg University. As an accompanying commentary points out: these effects occur with “RF noise at levels that are commonly encountered by wildlife.” Follow the link for another important paper in the same issue of Science.

“EMF-Inducible in vivo Gene Switch for Remote Spatiotemporal Control of Gene Expression,” Cell, April 14, 2026. This paper from Korea appears to be a game changer: It shows that a 4 kHz pulsed EMF signal can activate a switch that controls gene expression. Now (April 30), a physicist tells the New Scientist that the claimed biological response is ”incredibly implausible.”

“Exposure Limits to Radiofrequency EMF Do Not Account for Cancer Risk or Reproductive Toxicity Assessed from Data in Experimental Animals,” Environmental Health, March 14, 2026. By Ron Melnick and Joel Moskowitz. Open access. “For the general public, current regulatory limits to RF-EMF are 15- to 900-fold higher than our estimates of exposure levels associated with cancer risk of 1 × 10^–5 (depending on the duration of daily exposure), and 8- to 24-fold higher than levels that are protective of male reproductive health.”

“Non-Thermal Acceleration of DNA Base Pairing by Sub-Terahertz Irradiation,” Journal of Chemical Physics, February 10, 2026. “We report a non-thermal mechanism by which sub-terahertz (sub-THz) radiation accelerates DNA base pairing in aqueous environment.” From Japan.

“Identifying Resonant Frequencies of Viruses for Microwave-Based Detection and Inactivation of Pathogenic Viruses,” Scientific Reports, November 27, 2025. “Low-power non-thermal microwave technologies offer a novel strategy for viral detection and inactivation.” The U.S. Air Force has “simulated the dynamic motion of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein using all-atom molecular dynamics simulation. A resonance frequency at 7.3-7.4 GHz has been identified.”

“RF-Induced Gene Expression,” Reviews of Environmental Health, October 29, 2025. A comprehensive assessment by Henry Lai and Blake Levitt. They find: “Gene expression provides a strong argument that RFR affects cellular function”; and “Forty gene expression effects...were observed at a SAR less than 0.4 W/Kg.” They conclude: “They should be considered in the setting of RFR-exposure guidelines.” Open access.

“A Systematic Review of the Impact of EM Waves on Living Beings,” Cureus, August 17, 2025. “These findings underscore the significant health and environmental risks associated with rising exposure levels of EMF, highlighting the urgent need for strategies to mitigate the risks.”

“A Scoping Review and Evidence Map of RF Exposure and Genotoxicity: Assessing in vivo, in vitro and epidemiological data,” Frontiers in Public Health, July 29, 2025. “The collective evidence reveals that RF-EMF exposures may be genotoxic and could pose a cancer risk....  These findings support the adoption of precautionary measures.”