University of Michigan Physicist Receives Grant to Tackle the Bends
July 17, 2019
July 17, 2019
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 17 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release:
When divers stay at depth too long, or ascend too quickly from depths of more than 33 feet, they can experience "the bends," or decompression sickness.
Decompression sickness happens because when a person is diving, they breathe air at a higher pressure. Nitrogen gas is dissolved in blood and other tissues such as the spinal cord, and when divers ascend, this gas prec . . .
When divers stay at depth too long, or ascend too quickly from depths of more than 33 feet, they can experience "the bends," or decompression sickness.
Decompression sickness happens because when a person is diving, they breathe air at a higher pressure. Nitrogen gas is dissolved in blood and other tissues such as the spinal cord, and when divers ascend, this gas prec . . .