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Posted January 20, 2012:

• Tactile Imaging Sensor Can Assist Doctors With Early Identification of Tumors

Posted January 19, 2012:

• Speed Limit for Birds: Researchers Find Critical Speed Above Which Birds -- And Drones -- Are Sure to Crash

Posted January 18, 2012:

• An Easier Way to Remove Gallstones

Posted January 13, 2012:

• Monitored Heart Bracelets May Prevent Sudden Death in Sport

Posted January 10, 2012:

• Sports: Restricting Improving Technology Does Not Always Have Expected Outcome
• Ideal Way of Making Jump Shots in Handball Detailed

Posted January 4, 2012:

• Relay Race With Single Atoms: New Ways of Manipulating Matter

Posted December 13, 2011:

• Artificially Enhanced Athletes

Posted December 1, 2011:

• Bobsled Runs -- Fast and Yet Safe

Posted November 9, 2011:

• Researchers Develop eButton, an Easier Way to Monitor Food Intake, Exercise, and Lifestyle

Posted October 10, 2011:

• CMOS Integrated Poly-SiGe Piezoresistive Pressure Sensor Demonstrated

Posted September 29, 2011:

• Baseball's Winning Formula: Statistical Analysis Debunks the Old Adage 'Pitching Is 75 Percent of the Game'

Posted September 10, 2011:

• Researcher Sees Spring-Like Protein as Key to Muscle Behavior

Posted August 18, 2011:

• Football Analysis Leads to Advance in Artificial Intelligence

Posted August 8, 2011:

• Tactile Technology for Video Games Guaranteed to Send Shivers Down Your Spine

Posted July 29, 2011:

• Study of Golf Swings Pinpoints Biomechanical Differences Between Pros and Amateurs

Posted July 25, 2011:

• Researchers Mimic Nature to Create a 'Bio-Inspired Brain' for Robots

Posted July 5, 2011:

• Safer Skies: New Algorithm Could Help Prevent Midair Collisions

Posted June 28, 2011:

• Baseball Cheaters Can't Hide from the Laws of Physics
• Tapping Titanium's Colorful Potential

Posted May 26, 2011:

• Improving DNA Sequencing: Sponge-Like Biosensor Crams Enormous Power Into Tiny Space

Posted May 25, 2011:

• Quantum Sensor Tracked in Human Cells Could Aid Drug Discovery

Posted May 23, 2011:

• Used Football Faceshields Are Susceptible to Breaking on Impact

Posted May 13, 2011:

• Controling Robotic Arms Is Child's Play

Posted March 10, 2011:

• Basketball: Optimal Aim Points for Bank Shots
• Computer Model Shows Importance of Feet, Toes in Body Balance

Posted March 7, 2011:

• Use of Interactive Digital Exercise Games by Children Can Result in High Level of Energy Expenditure

Posted March 1, 2011:

• March Madness: Statisticians Quantify Entry Biases
• Is March Madness Always the Same?

Posted February 15, 2011:

• Wireless Device Helps Athletes Get the Most out of Exercise

Posted January 13, 2011:

• Driving Simulators Help Older Adults Improve Their Road Skills

Posted December 1, 2010:

• Virtual Biopsy May Allow Earlier Diagnosis of Brain Disorder in Athletes

Posted November 22, 2010:

• New Spinal Implant to Help People With Paraplegia Exercise Paralyzed Limbs

Posted November 21, 2010:

• Jump Rope Aerodynamics

Posted November 16, 2010:

• Video Games With Imaginary Steering Wheel as the Controller

Posted October 28, 2010:

• ‘Wireless’ Humans Could Form Backbone of New Mobile Networks

Posted October 13, 2010:

• Breaking Ball Too Good to Be True: Illusion Behind Batters' Perceptions of 'Breaking' Curveballs and 'Rising' Fastballs

Posted September 16, 2010:

• Future of Football: GPS and Miniature Accelerometers to Better Assess Player's Training Load and Fitness Levels

Posted September 13, 2010:

• How Football Playing Robots Have the Future of Artificial Intelligence at Their Feet

Posted September 7, 2010:

• Golf: Evidence of How 'Loading the Hips' Improves Golf Drives

Posted September 2, 2010:

• Carlos '97 Free Kick No Fluke, Say French Physicists

Posted August 23, 2010:

• A Surfboard Gets an Onboard Computer

Posted August 10, 2010:

• Micromachines for a Safer World

Posted July 22, 2010:

• Out of the Gait: Robot Ranger Sets Untethered 'Walking' Record at 14.3 Miles

Posted July 1, 2010:

• Science of Soccer: Ball Aerodynamics Focus of Research

Posted June 24, 2010:

• Left or Right? Early Clues to Soccer Penalty Kicks Revealed

Posted June 18, 2010:

• Intelligent 3-D Simulation Robots to Compete in the Robocup 2010

Posted June 14, 2010:

• Skiers, Take Note: Glide Wax 'Like Tarring a Plastic Boat'

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