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Safe for Passengers with Lung Disease to Travel by Air

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(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 ...





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Lasers generate underwater sound

Lasers generate underwater sound

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 6

Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) are developing a new technology for use in underwater acoustics. The new technology uses flashes of laser light to remotely create underwater sound. The new ...


Briefs: Boeing acquires transport-software firm

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created Mar 03, 2006 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Aerospace major Boeing has acquired a Swedish company that specializes in software for the airline and railroad industries.


Scientific system accurately predicts spread of H1N1: study

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new scientific system developed by a St. Michael's Hospital physician, designed to rapidly evaluate the world's air traffic patterns, accurately predicted how the H1N1 virus would spread around the world, according to research ...


Flying and pregnant? Follow doctor's orders

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


The Virgin Mothership "Eve" pictured in Mojave, California, in July 2008

Space tourism port to be sited in Abu Dhabi

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (4) | comments 6

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 ...


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Long Distant Air Flights Increases Risk of Deep Venous Thrombosis 4X

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The European Society of Cardiology, (ESC) the preeminent authority on cardiovascular health re-affirms its warning to passengers on long-haul plane trips of the risk of deep venous thrombosis ...


Is inhaled insulin delivery still a possibility? Why has it been a commercial failure?

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The commercial failure of Exubera (Pfizer, New York, NY), the first inhaled insulin product to come to market, led other companies such as Eli Lilly-Alkermes to halt studies of similar drug delivery in development intended ...


The risk of developing deep vein thrombosis during a flight is often overestimated

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The risk of developing deep vein thrombosis during a long flight is often overestimated. According to the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG), this condition is very unlikely in healthy travellers.


Scientists should look at their own carbon footprint

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Scientists studying the impact of climate change on the Arctic need to consider ways to reduce their own carbon footprints, says a researcher who regularly flies north to study the health of caribou.


Flying with the flu: Expert panel revisits the danger of air travel during a pandemic

Flying with the flu: Expert panel revisits the danger of air travel during a pandemic

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created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.



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