The researcher Markel Perez has analysed the most frequent situations faced by football goalkeepers. The aim is to compile data to facilitate the design of more effective training. The work stresses the importance of practising the deflections and first touch shots that are produced. The study, carried out together with the Eibar football club, is innovative in the academic field.

The use of AI-generated testimonials with increasingly realistic human features is becoming widespread on social media platforms like TikTok, even when it comes to communicating scientific content. It’s now quite common to come across videos where icons like Albert Einstein or Marie Curie — realistically recreated — explain relativity or radioactivity. But how do viewers react to these avatars? Does realism generate discomfort and thus mistrust, or can it actually improve understanding and the transmission of scientific information? A study published in the Journal of Science Communication (JCOM) explored how the realism of AI-generated avatars influences perceived trustworthiness in science communicators, also examining the role of avatars’ gender.

When West Virginia recently banned seven artificial food dyes in products to be sold within their borders, they joined an increasing number of individual U.S. states issuing their own regulations about food manufacturing practices, allowable ingredients, or product labeling. Consequently, food manufacturers must decide how to deal with different requirements in multiple markets. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign examines the various ways manufacturers respond to state regulations and what drives their choices.