Category: Science
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Bacteria from your gut may be the key to running (and swimming?) farther
The researchers found the bacteria after examining the poop of 10 Boston Marathon runners. To generate energy for itself, Veillonella breaks down lactic acid, which is produced at a higher level when athletes perform particularly strenuous activities. To determine if the bacteria was making a difference, the researchers isolated a strain of it and inserted…
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Robot Fish Can Swim for 37 Hours with Blood-Powered Batteries
A new robotic lionfish can swim around thanks to a synthetic circulatory system, which pumps artificial blood made of battery fluid, around to its various components and motors. The synthetic blood allows the robot to store 325 percent more energy than if it was carrying a separate battery pack, according to Nature News, enough juice to lazily…
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Can You Swim in Shade Balls?
I bought 10,000 shade balls and tried to swim in them. They appear to act like a non-Newtonian fluid: rigid under high shear stress, but they flow like a liquid under low shear. What are shade balls?
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Survey finds children are missing out on vital swimming lessons | 5 News
According to a survey by swimming teachers, only a third of parents take their children every week – instead they rely on schools to give the tuition. One Olympic medalist has told 5 news that is not right.
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From Rio to Raleigh — Olympic Swimmer Ryan Held discusses the NC State College of Natural Resources
Imagine your career on display live for 30,000 people and broadcasted all over the world. Ryan Held, Olympic swimmer and recent graduate of the NC State College of Natural Resources, is not one to buckle under pressure. His strength was tested at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he won gold in…
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The Heart of a Swimmer vs. the Heart of a Runner
So, for the new study, which was published in November in Frontiers in Physiology, researchers at the University of Guelph in Canada and other institutions set out to map the structure and function of elite swimmers’ and runners’ hearts. The researchers focused on world-class performers because those athletes would have been running or swimming strenuously for…
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Floryan’s research on swimming has applications in propulsion systems
Daniel Floryan, a doctoral student in mechanical and aerospace engineering, employs experimental and computational methods to better explain how fish swim most effectively, which could lead to applications in humanmade propulsion systems. (Video by Nick Barberio, Office of Communications)