From the outside looking in, swimming is just a sport of speed. It’s how quick you can flip, take a breath and jump off the block. It’s the millisecond between the touches of first and second. It’s ...

Fish have a sensory system known as the lateral line, which allows them to detect movements and pressure gradients in the water. Scientists have now given a robotic fish its own version of that system ...

Scientists regularly draw ideas from the natural world in a bid to improve robotic performance, and when it comes to soft robots that swim, motion in the ocean is a rich source of inspiration. The ...

Butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle: of the four fundamental swim strokes, how many of these do you actually utilize in training? Mixing up your swim stroke comes with a host of ...

The Second Swim Speed Boost: Why Do Swimmers Perform Better in Finals? Meets featuring a preliminaries/finals setup are an expected part of the competitive swimming journey. Swimmers in these ...

I'm continually receiving messages about the fascinating worlds of other animals. Two new reports, one from observations of a chimpanzee and an orangutan swimming and the chimpanzee diving for food ...

ABSTRACT: During the pelagic larval phase of teleost fishes, the larvae are subject to dispersal by currents. Dispersal trajectories can be substantially modified if the larvae have sufficient ...

Swimming isn’t just fun. Neuroscience shows it provides unique brain benefits, from busting stress to improving your memory. Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer, which means many ...

He spent most of his senior year at Central York looking forward to his college swimming career, feeling that he had picked the perfect school for himself in Division I East Carolina. Everything he ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – New research findings are yielding insights into the physics behind the swimming behavior of bacteria and spermatozoa that could lead to a better understanding of the mechanisms ...