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Is prolonged/frequent use of mobile phones responsible for sperm reduction in younger men?

The conclusion of the underlying paper is: [A] lack of clear evidence for a negative association between mobile phone use and male fertility Given the 13-year duration of this study, and how much ...
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Can human body heat cause a mobile phone's battery to "run down at a faster rate"?

The opposite is possible in some situations, even likely. In many batteries, the internal resistance (Wikipedia for further reading) decreases with increasing temperature. This is effectively a ...
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Can human body heat cause a mobile phone's battery to "run down at a faster rate"?

Effects of temperature on batteries are complex: Higher temperatures will cause a higher self-discharge rate. However, for a battery in a phone which is turned on, self-discharge is negligible ...
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Can human body heat cause a mobile phone's battery to "run down at a faster rate"?

This diagram from this research paper shows that the self discharge rate of lithium ion batteries (such as used in phones) depends on the storage temperature: 20°C is about room temperature (just ...
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