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Can a formula predict the outcome of a soccer match?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Soccer, like most sports, is a game full of surprises and lucky or unlucky breaks. After all, if it was easy to predict the winner of a soccer match, there wouldn’t be much reason to watch ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Mar 05, 2010 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (21) | comments 9 | with audio podcast feature

TUM robots 'Kinect' to sandwiches and popcorn

(PhysOrg.com) -- A robotics team from the Technical University of Munich are now able to show an audience how their cuisine robots James and Rosie have graduated from a previously famous repertoire of sausages ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast weblog

Russian whizzes win global collegiate IT contest

Three Russian computer whizzes were crowned the world's top collegiate programmers Thursday, when they clobbered 111 other teams from across the globe to win the 36th annual "Battle of Brains" in Warsaw.

Technology / Software

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

NCAA tournament math: More than adding up ones, twos and threes

Each March, the otherwise obscure field of "bracketology" becomes a premier discipline in the U.S.  As pundits and fans debate the 68 teams that most deserve to participate in the NCAA Division I Men's ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Tomb exploration reveals first archaeological evidence of Christianity from the time of Jesus

The archaeological examination by robotic camera of an intact first century tomb in Jerusalem has revealed a set of limestone Jewish ossuaries or "bone boxes" that are engraved with a rare Greek inscription and a unique iconographic ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (24) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Is that a robot in your suitcase?

A flying robot as small as a dinner plate that can zoom to hard-to-reach places and a fleet of eco-friendly robotic farm-hands are just two of the exciting projects the robotics team at the Queensland University ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Japanese Team Tokai wins the 3,021 km 2011 Veolia World Solar Challenge

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Japanese Tokai University Solar Car Team has won the Veolia World Solar Challenge, a 3,021 kilometer race between tiny cars relying on mostly solar power. Running between Darwin, a remote ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 32 | with audio podcast report

Statistical analysis debunks the old adage 'Pitching is 75 percent of the game'

Baseball legend Connie Mack famously said pitching is 75 percent of the game. He was wrong -- a new analysis by a University of Delaware professor finds it's just 25 percent.

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Powered by the sun, Stanford ingenuity

On Thursday, Aug. 11, the Stanford Solar Car Project officially unveils Xenith, a solar-powered vehicle two years in the making that boasts several industry-leading technological innovations. The team will ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 12, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Hidden lives of Baltimore's Irish immigrants unearthed for first time

An archaeological team from the University of Maryland is unearthing a unique picture of the Baltimore-area's early Irish immigrants - of city children taught to read and write at home before widespread public ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jun 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Is team science productive? Study measures the collaborative nature of translational medicine

(PhysOrg.com) -- Taking a cue from the world of business-performance experts and baseball talent scouts, Penn Medicine translational medicine researchers are among the first to find a way to measure the productivity ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Winning record, team longevity, prime-time games influence NFL TV ratings

Legendary Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi once said, "Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing." For NFL teams, especially small-market franchises seeking to increase their fan base, winning does ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Aug 04, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Google routes World Bank data to fact seekers

Google is adding World Bank figures to Internet results in a bid to make hard facts about countries worldwide easier to find.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New ancient Egypt temples discovered in Sinai

(AP) -- Archaeologists exploring an old military road in the Sinai have unearthed four new temples amidst the 3,000-year-old remains of an ancient fortified city that could have been used to impress foreign ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Odds are, seedings don't matter after Sweet 16, professor says

For budding "bracketologists" busily weighing picks for their annual March Madness office pool, a University of Illinois professor has some advice on how to pick winners: In the later rounds of the tournament, ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0