http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Attempting to ground planes during pandemics may not be worth the trouble, a panel of experts from the government, academia and the airlines industry heard at a recent meeting in Washington. http://www.physorg.com/news176051485.html Medicine & Health Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:30:01 EST news176051485 (AP) -- Russia should build a new nuclear-powered spaceship for prospective manned missions to Mars and other planets, the nation's space chief said Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news176033450.html Space & Earth Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:11:45 EST news176033450 (AP) -- Many travelers still rely on comprehensive printed guidebooks for tourism information. But travelers are also increasingly using mobile technology to plan a trip or find their way around. http://www.physorg.com/news175882488.html Technology Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:20:23 EST news175882488 The Boston woman was in her 38th week of pregnancy when a close family member died in New York City. She asked her obstetrician, Dr. William Barth Jr. of Massachusetts General Hospital, if traveling to the funeral was out of the question. http://www.physorg.com/news175265816.html Medicine & Health Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:10:01 EST news175265816 (PhysOrg.com) -- Travel writing has become one of the most popular genres in recent years with bookshops dedicating sizeable sections to keep up with a growing demand from travelling readers. But how did the genre begin and what was it that compelled the pioneers of this now popular genre to record their experiences? Who read their accounts and what impact did these accounts make on readers from different social backgrounds? http://www.physorg.com/news172422769.html Other Sciences Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:40:09 EST news172422769 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists studying space travel possibilities have proposed that gravitational space corridors could be used by spacecraft, in much the same way as ships use ocean currents. Taking advantage of gravitational corridors could slash space travel costs. http://www.physorg.com/news172302860.html Space & Earth Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:40:02 EST news172302860 A traveler booking a night at the Ft. Wayne Marriott hotel on Aug. 19-20 may get a surprise when checking prices online. http://www.physorg.com/news168542215.html Technology Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:20:01 EST news168542215 Tourists will be able to journey to outer space via Abu Dhabi as part of a deal by a local investment group to take a stake in the world's first commercial space travel operator, the two companies said on Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news167998332.html Space & Earth Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:30:01 EST news167998332 (AP) -- The hotel review may sound too good - citing obscure details like the type of faucets - or perhaps one stands out as the only negative rating of an otherwise popular location. http://www.physorg.com/news166903142.html Technology Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:20:01 EST news166903142 (AP) -- Tourists coming to Hawaii for high-end getaways could someday be launched from the sand to the stars, taking island-hopping to new heights. Hawaii could even be the first state where space travelers use rocket planes to get from one place to another. Rather than launching and landing in the same spot, planners envision the planes taking off in one place, traveling through space, then coming down in another, going from the Big Island to Oahu. Within a decade, space travelers could island hop from Hawaii to Japan in 45 minutes. http://www.physorg.com/news166596001.html Space & Earth Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:40:38 EST news166596001 (PhysOrg.com) -- Engineering students at UC San Diego are studying the fluid dynamics of water in order to build a more comfortable and sanitary urine collection device for space travel. http://www.physorg.com/news163180957.html Physics Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:03:19 EST news163180957 (PhysOrg.com) -- As the summer travel season begins, many vacation and business travelers will beat jet lag with the Anti-Jet-Lag Diet developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory. http://www.physorg.com/news163175924.html Medicine & Health Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:39:29 EST news163175924 (PhysOrg.com) -- Oxygen levels while flying are substantially less than at ground level. Current guidelines for in-flight oxygen levels are sufficient to support the needs of passengers with non-obstructed lung disease. According to two articles published in the Wiley-Blackwell journal, Respirology, commercial air travel appears to be safe for patients with lung disease as the current policies for the in-flight oxygen levels and availability of supplemental oxygen can adequately accommodate passenger`s needs. http://www.physorg.com/news161965425.html Medicine & Health Tue, 19 May 2009 15:24:30 EST news161965425 (AP) -- Intercity bus travel has taken off in the last few years. Now a new Web site makes it easier for riders to find their routes. http://www.physorg.com/news161272538.html Technology Mon, 11 May 2009 15:03:53 EST news161272538 (PhysOrg.com) -- Alien creatures are the least of NASA's worries when it comes to moon travel. There are several potential threats to future missions - with space radiation at the top of the list. Now, a group of students at North Carolina State University has developed a "blanket" of sorts that covers lunar outposts - the astronauts' living quarters - to provide astronauts protection against radiation while also generating and storing power. http://www.physorg.com/news161268400.html Space & Earth Mon, 11 May 2009 13:47:05 EST news161268400 When Will Bradwell and his friends were planning a cross-country road trip three years ago, the idea of paying for hotels, gas and food seemed impossible for their college-student budgets. http://www.physorg.com/news160647172.html Technology Mon, 04 May 2009 09:13:22 EST news160647172 (AP) -- Paris Hilton says "I don't eat that" when asked about swine flu in an online video. She's not the only one confused about the outbreak. http://www.physorg.com/news160371507.html Medicine & Health Fri, 01 May 2009 04:41:37 EST news160371507 (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden - with a well-deserved reputation as someone who shoots from the lip - made it through the first 100 days of the Obama administration without any major gaffes. But on Day 101 the vice president, well, took a nose dive when it came to the government's talking points on air travel during the swine flu outbreak. http://www.physorg.com/news160323758.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:22:57 EST news160323758 In a global influenza pandemic, small stockpiles of a secondary flu medication - if used early in local outbreaks - could extend the effectiveness of primary drug stockpiles, according to research made available today ahead of publication in PLoS Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news160319486.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:11:49 EST news160319486 (PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell scientists have downloaded and analyzed nearly 35 million Flickr photos taken by more than 300,000 photographers from around the globe, using a supercomputer at the Cornell Center for Advanced Computing (CAC). http://www.physorg.com/news160160283.html Technology Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:58:28 EST news160160283 (AP) -- The top EU health official urged Europeans on Monday to postpone nonessential travel to parts of the United States and Mexico because of the swine flu virus, and Spanish health officials confirmed the first case outside North America. http://www.physorg.com/news160045756.html Medicine & Health Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:09:46 EST news160045756 (AP) -- NASA is facing a critical deadline to make its biggest decision in a generation: whether to go forward with plans to retire the space shuttle fleet and replace it with a new mode of space travel. But the agency still has no chief to make the $230 billion call. http://www.physorg.com/news159643208.html Space & Earth Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:27:10 EST news159643208 A US software mogul who made history this week as the first person to travel to space twice as a tourist could also be the last paying passenger to head into space for several years. http://www.physorg.com/news157452749.html Space & Earth Sat, 28 Mar 2009 09:53:11 EST news157452749 If you're looking for bargain air travel, a new study finds that you should look at more than just the ticket price. Instead, a researcher at North Carolina State University who co-authored the study says that consumers need to consider the quality of the flights being offered in order to get the best "price efficiency." http://www.physorg.com/news154007899.html Other Sciences Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:59:07 EST news154007899 (PhysOrg.com) -- The benefits of ridesharing - aka car-pooling - are well known: less traffic, less wear on roads and less fuel consumed, and the ability to engage in pre-office-hours water-cooler talk that can be accomplished without the water cooler. http://www.physorg.com/news150396367.html Technology Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:46:07 EST news150396367 If you're trying to drive to a destination as quickly as possible, you might think that knowing the traffic conditions would help you choose the quickest route for yourself. Traffic reports and new GPS technologies that provide traffic data are based on this assumption - but scientists have found that knowing this information may do more harm than good. http://www.physorg.com/news142157939.html Physics Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:18:59 EST news142157939 The emergence of a new generation of ‘bleeding-heart jetsetters` has disturbing implications for the UK`s spiralling emissions from air travel, according to new research by the University of Exeter. The results of the research by the School of Geography, Archaeology and Earth Resources and University of Exeter Business School were presented by Dr Stewart Barr at the Royal Geographical Society with IBG Annual Conference. http://www.physorg.com/news139499055.html Space & Earth Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:44:15 EST news139499055 Tour operators and airlines are wasting an ideal opportunity to warn travellers about the risk of contracting malaria in specific countries, say infectious disease experts on BMJ.com today. http://www.physorg.com/news136783381.html Medicine & Health Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:23:01 EST news136783381 As 600,000 visitors and athletes gear up to travel to China for the 2008 Olympic Games, travelers should be most concerned about respiratory illnesses and dog bites, according to report by an Emory University travelers' health expert, her colleagues at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and around the globe. http://www.physorg.com/news136648161.html Medicine & Health Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:49:21 EST news136648161 Despite concerns that reductions in physician reimbursements for outpatient chemotherapy related drugs as a result of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 would have a detrimental effect on patients requiring chemotherapy, new research indicates that there have not been major changes in travel distance and patient wait times for chemotherapy in the Medicare population since 2003, according to a study in the July 9 issue of JAMA. http://www.physorg.com/news134753150.html Medicine & Health Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:25:50 EST news134753150