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Life Sciences - Sport Sciences - 9.10.2012
Could neuroscience help future football stars reach their full potential?
Could neuroscience help future football stars reach their full potential?
Creating the next generation of football stars may be down to understanding the teenage brain, according to new research from the University of Bristol.

Sport Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 11.02.2011
Volunteers needed for weight loss study
Researchers at the University of Birmingham's School of Sport and Exercise Sciences are looking for volunteers to take part in a study investigating whether successful weight loss can alter perception.

Sport Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 6.09.2010
Drinks lift for sports teams
Consuming energy drinks during team sports could help young people perform better, a study suggests. - Sports scientists found that 12-14 year olds can play for longer in team games when they drink an isotonic sports drink before and during games.

Sport Sciences - Life Sciences - 15.06.2010
Sussex Nobel winner’s football molecule research listed in top 10 discoveries
Nobel Prize-winning research carried out by Professor Sir Harry Kroto at the University of Sussex has been named by fellow academics as one of the ten most important discoveries made by their peers at UK universities in the past 60 years.


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Business/Economics - Sport Sciences - 6.02
Researchers tackle audience reaction to being Liverpool
The University of Nottingham has been working with the FOX Soccer network to help it understand the British audience's reaction to their ground-breaking programme, BEING: Liverpool. - The programme, a fly-on-the-wall documentary about Liverpool FC, was screened on Channel 5 last year, and also around the world to an estimated audience of 500 million viewers.

Sport Sciences - 29.01
Young footballers show signs of burnout
Elite youth footballers are at risk of burnout before they leave school because of the perfectionist standards some feel coaches, parents and team members demand of them, according to a new study. - Andrew Hill, lecturer in sports and exercise science in the University of Leeds’ School of Biomedical Sciences, said some youngsters in professional football academies are showing signs of chronic stress, exhaustion, and disillusion with their sport at a young age.

Sport Sciences - 11.01
Chasing data shadows: Twitter map of football fans
Chasing data shadows: Twitter map of football fans
Researchers from the Oxford Internet Institute are analysing geotagged tweets to see what they tell us about the material, offline world. As a fun side project, they have created a Twitter map to find out where football fans of different clubs actually live.

Sport Sciences - 12.09.2011
The world’s fastest robot to line up alongside techno-wonders in university science showcase
The fastest robot in the world will be among the many technological wonders taking centre stage at a special exhibition of university research on the Hoe next week. - The fastest robot in the world will be among the many technological wonders taking centre stage at a special exhibition of university research on the Hoe next week.

Medicine/Pharmacology - Sport Sciences - 1.08.2011
Less than ten minutes of intense exercise a week is enough to reduce risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes, according to new research
Less than ten minutes of intense exercise a week is enough to reduce risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes, according to new research - Three minutes of intense exercise, three times a week, is equivalent to five one-hour sessions according to research at the University of Birmingham's School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, offering hope for people too busy to find the time to work out.

Sport Sciences - 9.07.2010
Footballers must face heights of final
University researchers suggest that, with the final taking place at 1,753 metres above sea level, players will have to adapt to oxygen levels in the atmosphere almost 20 per cent less than at sea level.

Sport Sciences - History/Archeology - 17.06.2010
Which nation talks about football the most in cyberspace?
Which nation talks about football the most in cyberspace?
The 2010 FIFA World Cup has thrown up challenges for researchers at Oxford and Kentucky Universities. Using Google Maps they have settled scores on whether the term ‘football' or ‘soccer' is preferred across the world and kicked off a debate about which nation likes to talk about football the most.

Sport Sciences - Administration/Government - 6.06.2010
Survey identifies football fans´ view of cheating
Survey identifies football fans´ view of cheating
Faking injury and diving in the penalty area have been identified as the forms of cheating on the football pitch that are most disliked by fans, according to a new study by academics at the University of Sheffield.

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