A crystal radio is basically a high Q resonator tied to an antenna and an envelope detector. These days the envelope detector is a point contact diode such as a 1N34 Germanium diode. The resonant ...

Johnson & Johnson has proposed to pay almost $9bn to resolve tens of thousands of lawsuits it faces in North America that claim its baby powder and other talc-based products cause cancer.

No matter how graphite is formed, the nearly pure crystals of carbon give it unique chemical and physical properties. Graphite is a very soft mineral, often as soft as talc. It’s formed of ...

Johnson & Johnson has outlined a new settlement that it said would resolve nearly all of the lawsuits it faces over claims that its talc products, including baby powder, caused cancer. The ...

has extended a timeline to get more votes for its previously announced ~$6.5B bankruptcy deal to settle thousands of lawsuits alleging ovarian cancer risk linked to its talc-based baby powder and ...

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has published a new assessment of talc’s potential to cause cancer, concluding that is it ‘probably carcinogenic’ to humans.

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J&J in Talks With Holdouts to $6.5 Billion Talc Settlement By Dietrich Knauth and Mike Spector NEW YORK (Reuters) -Johnson & Johnson said on Friday it is negotiating with plaintiffs' lawyers who ...

Johnson & Johnson plans to pay an additional $1.1 billion to resolve tens of thousands of legal actions alleging its baby powder and other talc products caused cancer, two people familiar with the ...

Johnson & Johnson is negotiating with plaintiffs’ lawyers who have opposed a proposed $6.48 billion settlement of lawsuits claiming the New Brunswick-based health conglomerate’s talc-based ...

"As a child my brother and I were a little bit naughty. We used to have talc battles and cover each other in what looked like snow." Hannah Fletcher fondly recalls playing in clouds of talcum ...

J&J plans to place a subsidiary into bankruptcy if it gets at least 75% of the talc claimants to vote for its settlement proposal. The bankruptcy settlement would end all talc lawsuits alleging ...