60% of people trusted uni scientists

unexpected results@Guardian

Scientists often think the public will believe anything when it comes to
new research, but studies show that this viewpoint is unproven

finally...

i have submitted PhD thesis today.

it was nearly 3 years of hardworking.

the story of my thesis is:

1. individual differences exist in response to elite athletes' conditioning (training + recovery activities)
= used single-case research designs
2. their training load, recovery, performance, and performance readiness are fluctuating daily
= used randomization tests to analyze mean differences

sleep = inspires insight

Nature 427: 352 - 355, 2004

sleep = facilitates creativity

Nature 427: 304- 305, 2004

juggling alters the structure of human brain

nature 427: 311-312, 2004

the subjects showed a structural change in brain areas that are associated with the processing and storage of complex visual motion after 3 month of training

admirable scientist

E O Wilson@The Scientist 18 (1), 2004

heat chamber + cooling vest

games hottest in 50 years@David Martin (AIS)

Australain research grant on health and medicine

testing time in Australia@Scientists

Wertheim@SI predicts tennis in 2004

If you want to know what will happen in tennis in 2004, just read this

dire state of tennis in South Africa

Ferreira keen to help rebuild tennis in SA

what makes a champion swimmner?

talent identification

short distance: tall stature and long segment lengths
breathstroke + long distance: the shorter and stockier body builds

biology blog

MyLabIsOnFire

physiological models to understand adaptations

1. caridiovascular/neural recruitment model
2. energy supply/depletion model
3. musle recruitement/muscle power models
4. biomechanical model
5. psychological model

(Tim Noakes)

what is science?

science is the organized, systematic enterprise that
gathers knowledge about the world and condenses
the knowledge into testable laws and principles
(Edward O Wilson)

AIS strategy for heart stress at Athens

ice jackets

Inside the AIS

The Sports Factor@Radio National

why do we need one?
how did get one?
what has it achieved?