News tagged with black athletes
UGA professor's research shows black athletes exploited physically, neglected academically
(PhysOrg.com) -- As the wildly popular National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball tournament tips off this week, University of Georgia professor Billy Hawkins says fans should consider several numbers that tell a ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 18, 2010 |
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Study: Popular supplement quercetin does not enhance athletic performance
The antioxidant quercetin is increasingly being marketed as a supplement that boosts athletic performance, but a new University of Georgia study finds that it is no better than a placebo.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 03, 2009 |
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Dragon arrives at space station in historic 1st (Update 2)
The privately bankrolled Dragon capsule made a historic arrival at the International Space Station on Friday, triumphantly captured by astronauts wielding a giant robot arm.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 25, 2012 |
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Dragon makes history with space station docking
The private company SpaceX made history Friday with the docking of its Dragon capsule to the International Space Station, the most impressive feat yet in turning routine spaceflight over to the commercial ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 25, 2012 |
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Skydiver aims to jump from 23 miles, go supersonic (Update 2)
"Fearless Felix" Baumgartner has jumped 2,500 times from planes and helicopters, as well as some of the highest landmarks and skyscrapers on the planet - the Christ the Redeemer statue overlooking Rio de Janeiro, ...
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Mar 15, 2012 |
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Media portrayal of race in sports reveals biases in corporate world
The U.S. may have its first black president and the Fortune 500 its first black female chief executive, but African American CEOs account for a mere one percent of the chiefs of those 500 largest companies.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Feb 03, 2012 |
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Remote control pushed aside by gesture-sensitive devices
The remote control has never been much beloved. If it's not getting lost or running out of batteries, the device - and its inscrutable buttons - is confusing some family member or acting as a totem in an argument about what ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 25, 2012 |
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College athletes worth six figures, live below federal poverty line
Perhaps the upcoming football game between Ohio State and Miami is the most fitting backdrop to the results of a National College Players Association (NCPA) and Drexel University Department of Sport Management joint study, ...
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Sep 14, 2011 |
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Robots may dominate rugby by 2050
Elite athletes with bionic implants, built-in chips to monitor their performance and shirts embedded with nanotechnology medicines to heal minor injuries could be taking the field for the 2051 Rugby World Cup.
Sep 06, 2011 |
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Tactile technology guaranteed to send shivers down your spine
A new tactile technology developed at Disney Research, Pittsburgh (DRP), called Surround Haptics, makes it possible for video game players and film viewers to feel a wide variety of sensations, from the smoothness of a finger ...
Aug 08, 2011 |
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Small interventions can alleviate underperformance caused by stereotype threat
Picture black and white students at an Ivy League college learning about black students who are a year or so ahead of them in that school. They're told that the older black students were anxious about fitting in and how they ...
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Aug 04, 2011 |
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Pigment discovery expanding into new colors
Chemists at Oregon State University have discovered that the same crystal structure they identified two years ago to create what may be the world's best blue pigment can also be used with different elements ...
Jul 27, 2011 |
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