On the golf tee or pitcher's mound, brain dooms motion to inconsistency
If you've ever wondered why your golf swings, fastballs or free throws don't quite turn out the same way each time, even after years of practice, there is now an answer: It's mostly in your head. That's the finding of new research published in the Dec. 21 issue of the journal Neuron by electrical engineers at Stanford University. "The main reason you can't move the same way each and every...Mosquito repellents that emit high-pitched sounds don't prevent bites
A Cochrane Systematic Review of the use of electronic mosquito repellents (EMRs) failed to find any evidence that they work. The researchers therefore say that there is no reason for recommending their use, and that there is no reason for even trying to do more research with the devices. Malaria is transmitted when a person is bitten by an infected female mosquito. Manufacturers of electro...Male owls pitch their hoots to advertise body weight to competitors
Why do male owls hoot? Researchers from the Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé (France) and the University of Sussex (UK) have studied the vocal communication of male European Scops owls, one of the smallest living species of nocturnal raptors. The study, published in the April issue of the American Naturalist, was conducted between June 2003 and June 2005 on the isle of Oléron, off the west co...Want a raise? Ten best midwest tech salary-increase pitches
You know you have to have a great argument for your boss to get him on board with your pay-raise proposal. You also know that dollars are tight and your boss is pre-disposed (or programmed after several years of heart-rending pleas fro...9 tips for making 90 seconds count in an investment pitch
You have 90 seconds to explain, starting now. That's the premise of the Elevator Pitch Olympics, a yearly event at the Wisconsin Early-Stage Sympo...Wisconsin investors will make their pitch to IPIC
The firm, (Internet Privacy & Identity Credential), will meet with four prospective Wisconsin investors on May 18 in Mad...Milwaukee firm among first to use Act 255 tax credits in investor pitch
Neurognostics oversubscribed on its $1 million angel finance round by about 15 percent,...Dengue takes on a feverish pitch, descends on additional unlucky 6
Islamabad: Six more people came down with acute symptoms of dengue, later confirmed positive for the fever, taking the toll of infected people// to an alarming figure of 741. Nearly 31 deaths have been confirmed with the latest casualty being a person from Peshawar. The National Institute of Health (NIH) has reiterated via a press release that samples from people with symptoms of the...Innocuous Blood Test Pitches in as Heart Risk Barometer
In a recent finding, uncomplicated blood tests can actually foretell the risk of complications in patients due to heart disease. This is especially //life-saving, for those who suffer severe cardiac problems, and a timely diagnosis could mean all the difference between life and death. A study published today, claims that abnormal levels of a particular protein, is an indicator of inhe...Low Pitch Therapy for ‘ringing in the Ears
UC Irvine researchers have found a treatment for tinnitus, the hearing damage loud music can cause.// Fan-Gang Zeng and colleagues have identified an effective way to treat the symptoms of tinnitus, a form of hearing damage typically marked by high-pitched ringing that torments more than 60 million Americans. The researchers found that a low-pitched sound applied by a simple MP3 play...