http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Team GB is only likely to clock up 46 medals in the Olympic Games in Rio in 2016, say researchers who used a mathematical formula three years ago to predict performance for London 2012, and came up with a medal haul of 63. http://phys.org/news267290970.html Other Sciences Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:30:09 EST news267290970 Rugby teams with the tallest backs, heaviest forwards, and greatest amount of collective experience are likely to be the most successful at World Cup level, reveals research published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. http://phys.org/news248957514.html Other Sciences Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:30:01 EST news248957514 Portable pedal machines could help counter the harmful effects of prolonged periods spent at a desk or workstation among an increasingly sedentary workforce, suggests a small study published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. http://phys.org/news216931421.html Medicine & Health Mon, 14 Feb 2011 18:43:57 EST news216931421 People who are physically fit and active have fewer and milder colds, indicates research published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. http://phys.org/news207891732.html Medicine & Health Tue, 02 Nov 2010 04:42:37 EST news207891732 At least one in 10 athletes sustained an injury and a further one in 14 fell ill during the 2010 Winter Olympics, held in Canada, reveals research published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. http://phys.org/news203075879.html Medicine & Health Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:10:04 EST news203075879 Hockey fans likely would assume that body-checking -- intentionally slamming an opponent against the boards -- causes the most injuries in youth ice hockey. But they would be wrong. http://phys.org/news199627244.html Medicine & Health Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:20:01 EST news199627244 Athletes' superstitions and rituals can help them get psyched up for contests, but when these rituals involve non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), which many athletes gobble down before and during events, they could be causing more harm than good. http://phys.org/news180182599.html Medicine & Health Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:44:10 EST news180182599 New research from the Faculty of Kinesiology at the University of Calgary has found a connection between the laxity of a woman's knee joint and her monthly hormone cycle. http://phys.org/news159188441.html Medicine & Health Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:01:22 EST news159188441 Australian researchers have admitted they had found no scientific proof that hi-tech running shoes improve athletic performance or limit injury. http://phys.org/news156063767.html Medicine & Health Thu, 12 Mar 2009 08:03:07 EST news156063767 Current steroid (testosterone) doping tests should be scrapped for international sport, because they ignore vital ethnic differences in hormone activity, suggests research published ahead of print in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. http://phys.org/news156060554.html Medicine & Health Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:09:40 EST news156060554