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The higher the frequency, the less the penetration, hence the so-called "skin effect" which refers to "skin" as in the surface of any object with some amount of conductivity. In the case of mammals the penetration is literally "skin-deep" for terahertz radiation so the predicted effects on the skin are exactly where the effects are observed in experiment, the skin:
originally posted by: KellyPrettyBear
I'd really like to get to the bottom of whether there
are spy satellites inducing mania in the United States
(accidentally or on purpose) with THZ radiation...or
something like that.. but I don't have that info..
I only have the pieces that I have.
Alleged research of effects of terahertz radiation going more than skin deep seem dubious. However skin deep effects would be consistent with THz radiation which is why Cookie's account of seeing others with effects on their skin sounded interesting and possibly consistent with THz radiation, though one can't really consider her account very reliable, even she doesn't trust her own memories.
Researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced findings from a research project that exposure to terahertz radiation on an animal showed signs of infections on skin tissue. Previously, terahertz radiation was thought to be harmless to humans, because of its low energy and wider applications than x-radiation.
....We found that temperature increases were minimal, and that the differential expression of the investigated heat shock proteins (HSP105, HSP90, and CPR) was unaffected, while the expression of certain other genes (Adiponectin, GLUT4, and PPARG) showed clear effects of the THz irradiation after prolonged, broad-band exposure.
...It is clear that the non-thermal mechanisms by which the non-ionizing THz radiation influences biological functions must be fundamentally different from those at play when high-energy (UV, X-ray, gamma, etc.) radiation interacts and damages bio-matter. While the mechanism by which THz radiation couples to, and subsequently affects, the function of biomolecules (e.g., DNA and proteins), remains unclear, there is ample evidence that exposure to THz radiation can affect the intramolecular vibrations and hence dynamically induce new conformational states [21,22,25,26]. The coupling mechanism is believed to be due to the fact that a THz field oscillates on the picosecond time scale, corresponding to the phonon frequencies of double-stranded DNA (dsDNA). In fact theoretical models have been developed [27,28] that suggest that THz radiation may couple directly to biomolecules via nonlinear resonance mechanisms to induce coherent excitations in the form of localized openings (bubbles) of the DNA strands. The described nonlinear resonance mechanism is active even for small amplitudes [28] of the THz field, but it is probabilistic and therefore requires extended exposure. The conformations generated through this mechanism can subsequently interfere with transcription and protein-binding processes, and thereby induce changes in cellular gene expression of the active genes.
Does anyone know if it was raining those nights?