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Let's Get Moving: Unraveling How Locomotion Starts
May 16, 2012 — Scientists have shed new light on one of the great unanswered questions of neuroscience: How the brain initiates rhythmic movements like walking, running and ... > full story -
Cyber Partners Help You Go the Distance
May 16, 2012 — A competent, virtual exercise partner can boost motivation and improve team performance. A new study, testing the benefits of a virtual exercise partner, shows that the presence of a moderately more ... > full story -
Geolocating Soccer Players to Assess Their Acceleration and Speed
May 16, 2012 — GPS isn’t just for guiding confused drivers, it can also be used by soccer managers who are a little lost when it comes to assessing their players’ performance. Acceleration, average and ... > full story -
Death Risk for Marathoners Remains Low During or Soon After Race
May 16, 2012 — Even though hundreds of thousands more people finished grueling 26.2 mile marathons in the United States in 2009 compared to a decade earlier, a runner’s risk of dying during or soon after the ... > full story -
Tiny Plants Could Cut Costs, Shrink Environmental Footprint
May 15, 2012 — Tall, waving corn fields that line Midwestern roads may one day be replaced by dwarfed versions that require less water, fertilizer and other inputs, thanks to a fungicide commonly used on golf ... > full story -
Pay-to-Play Sports Keeping Lower-Income Kids out of the Game
May 14, 2012 — Nearly one in five lower-income parents report costs forced their children to cut back on ... > full story -
Why Wiggling in High Heels Could Help Improve Prosthetic Limbs and Robots
May 8, 2012 — People walking normally, or tottering in high heels, and ostriches strutting -- they all exert the same forces on the ground despite very differently shaped feet, according to new research. The ... > full story -
Female and Younger Athletes Take Longer to Overcome Concussions
May 8, 2012 — Female athletes and younger athletes take longer to recover from concussions, findings that call for physicians and athletic trainers to take sex and age into account when dealing with the ... > full story -
Male College Students Believe Taking Performance-Enhancing Drugs for Sports Is More Unethical Than Using Stimulants to Improve Grades
May 8, 2012 — In the eyes of young college men, it’s more unethical to use steroids to get an edge in sports than it is to use prescription stimulants to enhance one’s grades, according to new ... > full story -
Kids With Cerebral Palsy May Benefit from Video Game Play
May 7, 2012 — Like their healthy peers, children with disabilities may spend too much time in front of a video screen. For children with cerebral palsy (CP), this leads to an even greater risk of being overweight ... > full story
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