Scientists from EPFL's Laboratory of Movement Analysis and Measurement have developed inertial systems, worn in a full-body swimming suit, which can analyse the strengths and weaknesses of elite-level swimmers during workout ...
Engineering
Feb 1, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Superstar swimmers and certain comic book superheroes have something unusual in common--when they wear special suits, they gain phenomenal abilities. A first-of-its-kind study from Northwestern Medicine highlights ...
Other
Dec 13, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study co-authored by University of Florida researchers provides details on the first cookiecutter shark attack on a live human, a concern as warm summer waters attract more people to the ocean.
Plants & Animals
Jul 1, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Have you ever had a Jacques Cousteau fantasy? A yearning to live your own version of 20,000 leagues under the sea? Or maybe, you just want to see the great barrier reef on something other than the Discovery ...
An academic from Canterbury Christ Church University has disproved the theory 'you need water to swim' on a prime time television show.
Engineering
Apr 29, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The world's oceans, we know, are constantly shaken and stirred by the winds and the tides and other physical forces of nature. But what about fish and other swimming marine life? Do they stir the ocean, too?
Mathematics
Jun 29, 2010
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Joel Stager, director of the Counsilman Center for the Science of Swimming at Indiana University, says it's about time elite swimmers come around to the idea that high-tech swimsuits are bad news.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jul 29, 2009
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Few countries have been more affected by the rapid approval of the new generation of swimsuits than traditional powerhouse Australia.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jul 21, 2009
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