Enormous X-ray solar flare seen by SOHO
... Our atmosphere protects people on the Earth, but passengers and crews on commercial jets at high latitudes could receive exposure equivalent to a normal medical chest X-ray. The CME associated with this flare is larger than the Sun itself and is one of the most dramatic halo CMEs ever recorded by SOHO. The ...Envisat images delivered to Antarctic eclipse spotters
The passengers of Russian icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov experienc...radio report on the Anatarctica 2003 website. The passengers of Kapitan Khlebnikov are spending the next few days on a very busy sightseeing itinerary. The icebr...Air travel may increase the risk of blood clots, especially long flights
...esearchers. Dr. Schwarz and colleagues studied 964 passengers returning from long-haul flights (longer than eigh...d not fly. Venous thrombosis was documented in 27 passengers (2.8 percent) and 12 controls (1.0 percent); of these, 20 passengers (2.1 percent) and 10 controls (...Titanic survivors lived no longer than general population
...oups from the United States and Sweden. Of the 500 passengers listed as survivors, 435 could be traced. The longevity of these passengers was not remarkably different from that of the two comparison groups. On average they lived 1.7 years......ased on advanced 'space solutions'. With ESA, the passengers of Spaceship Earth can increasingly benefit from the findings pioneered by European astronauts....Tumor suppressor gene family may be key to new colon cancer drugs
...ne that may not affect cancer progression, akin to passengers on a bus that can't control the bus' speed or direction. What we've found are the brakes of the bus." After analyzing 157 colon cancers, the research team found 77 mutations in six genes that make tyrosine phosphatases, enzymes that help coordinate...Passenger screening advised to cut risk of importing drug-resistant malaria to Africa
...rasites, perhaps by the screening and treatment of passengers travelling from South East Asia or South America to Africa. 'The widespread introduction of artemisinin-based combination therapy could also help to minimise the rate at which resistant parasites can spread. Most importantly, these data demonstrate ...Cruise ships -- An alternative to assisted living facilities for the elderly?
... home during their prolonged cruise, whereas other passengers would disembark as usual. The change in passengers would also afford seniors more stimulation and multiple interactions wit new people, she said. Lind...Clot-busting drugs may help detect potentially deadly leg clots
...s risk is the main reason flight attendants remind passengers to stretch their legs on long flights and hospitals put intermittent inflatable devices on the legs of bedridden patients. Some people have an inherited predisposition to forms these clots, a condition called thrombophilia. Each year, 250,000 hospit...Major review of subway systems suggests potential for significant health and safety hazards
...d that over 75% of randomly selected New York City passengers were afraid of being pushed onto the tracks, despite the fact that this type of violent event is fortunately very rare for the millions of subway riders. The most frightening aspect of this type of crime, when it does occur, is its utter randomness. ...Aircraft cabin ventilation influences the transmission of diseases in-flight
...environment for the spread of pathogens carried by passengers or crew, the environmental control systems used in...risk of disease transmission to other symptom-free passengers within the aircraft cabin is associated with sitting within two rows of a contagious passenger for a...