Almost six years have passed since DAN Europe first developed the DAN BLS course. This course immediately became popular amongst divers, several dive organisations, rescue...
(Editor’s note: the following is a shortened version of the article published in Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine – Vol. 82, No 8, August 2011)IntroductionBleomycin...
When one decides to buy a new insurance cover and has different plans to choose from, he often asks himself if it meets his requirements....
Most divers have at some point been nervous before or during a dive. That is completely natural. We plunge into a world that we were...
After the success of the last edition, the Diving Safety Laboratory, DAN Europe’s “mobile laboratory” is back in Canton Ticino for a new adventure in...
Yes, that’s right: the most aggressive fish of all is the clownfish. You’ve got it, Nemo himself. That little orange fish who looks so sweet...
Conventional wisdom holds that diving mammals do not suffer from decompression sickness (DCS). This is based on two key points: first, evolution has allowed them...
Hello everyone,We have just come back from a holiday on the Red Sea (13-20 May) with our group, Scubadolphin, and we would like to share...
Q: As a new diver, I find sea urchins irresistible. I understand their punctures can be harmful. True?A: True, but not all sea urchin-related injuries...
Conceived as a center for field research, DAN Europe Diving Safety Laboratory (DSL), which has always been mobile in nature, is now adding stationary DAN...
Recreational divers sometimes practice scuba and breath-hold diving on the same day. Some are concerned that breath-hold diving after scuba may increase their risk of...
Soon, exploring seabeds will be easier than going for a bike ride: Saint Petersburg researchers have invented the first “underwater bicycle,” entirely pedal-powered.Modern tourist submarines...
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