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Markerless Motion Capture Offers A New Angle On Tennis Injuries

By Guest PostJanuary 19, 2012Science, Sports3d volume, ajit chaudhari, alison sheets, baseball, characteristic spin, computer program, game, game like situation, geoffrey d abrams, injury, kick serve, marc safran, markerless motion capture, motion capture technology, ohio state university, orthopedic injuries, racquet, rehabilitation protocols, researchers, shoulder injury, stanford university, stroke, tennis ball, tennis injuries, tennis player, thomas p andriacchi, timothy hewitt, upper body, vertical center line

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A new approach to motion capture technology is offering fresh insights into tennis injuries – and orthopedic injuries in general.

Researchers studied three types of tennis serves, and identified one in particular, called a “kick” serve, which creates the highest potential for shoulder injury. (more…)

Just Four Percent of Galaxies Have Neighbors Like the Milky Way

By Guest PostMay 26, 2011Scienceanalyses of data, big bang, cdm, cold dark matter theory, computer model, formation of our galaxy, Galaxy, luminosity, magellanic clouds, Milky Way, nigel sharp, optical sky, risa wechsler, sdss, stanford university, universe

*Our home galaxy belongs to a rare subset among the billions that populate the cosmos*

How unique is the Milky Way?

To find out, a group of researchers led by Stanford University astrophysicist Risa Wechsler compared the Milky Way to similar galaxies and found that just four percent are like the galaxy Earth calls home. (more…)