A physics theory that's proven useful to predict the crowd behavior of molecules and fruit flies also seems to work in a very different context—a basketball court. A model based on density functional ...

Many basketball players like to spin the ball on their fingers. It is some sort of juggling move that can be learned in a few days (see figure 1). To make the ball spin in balance on your fingers it ...

ITHACA, N.Y. – A Cornell University research team has employed a variation of a theory first used to predict the collective actions of electrons in quantum mechanical systems to evaluate basketball ...

If you’ve played basketball before, you probably know that most shots are performed overarm, with your arm going over your head as you shoot. Well, a new study says underarm throwing – or “granny ...