Science news articles about 'competitions'

Fifty-two teams from high schools in Southern California, Arizona and New Hampshire competed in the Los Angeles FIRST Robotics Competition last Friday and Saturday.

... to pool B, in contrast, indicates an aggressive motivation to hurt the out-group, or a competitive motivation to increase the in-group’s advantage over the out-group.” The results, which appear in ...

... than in mice with the receptor protein intact. “I never would have believed that these three genes could speed up competition so much,” says Ginty. “But there it was in front of us-it was amazing.”

... ” of their mates. A new work has shown, however, that earthworms are able to detect the competition by fertilising the eggs that is going to find its sperm, tripling its volume when there is rivalry. ...

WASHINGTON, May 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency has announced the winners of its high school competition to describe the passenger and cargo aircraft of the future.

... for the use of satellite navigation? If so you could win one of the prizes in this year’s European Satellite Navigation Competition, supported by ESA through its Technology Transfer Programme Office.

Collaboration trumped competition on Thursday as Microsoft researchers showed peers from rivals such as Google innovations being developed in their labs.

A new discovery shows that the way men process testosterone could potentially help them cheat in sports competitions.

... -stress tester, both designed by students, were the big winners in Sandia National Laboratories' fourth annual University Alliance Design Competition for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) designs.

WASHINGTON, June 9 (UPI) -- A Colorado Springs seventh grader has taken top honors in the U.S. space agency's essay competition.

... of diseases or the assessment of healing processes. Even the slightest differences are important in competitive sport: To improve a ski jumper's performance, the trainer can analyze the jump very ...

WASHINGTON, June 17 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says students from Massachusetts, Michigan and Pennsylvania have won its "Cassini Scientist for a Day" competition.

... females use their copulation calls in highly tactical ways to minimise the risks associated with such competition." The function of copulation calls in female primates has been debated for years. One ...

... and Sofi call for ECGs to be added to screening programmes for all people taking part in competitive sports, and emphasise that it is particularly important for people who are middle aged or older.

Athletes who take part in competitive sport should be screened for potentially fatal heart problems before they compete, according to a study.