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Published online 27 October 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news061023-16
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Hoops, sweat and tears
Physicists help a US basketball team get to grips with its new ball.
This year, the US National Basketball Association (NBA) is switching from using a leather to a synthetic, microfibre ball. The animal-welfare group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is thrilled, but basketball players complain that the new ball is slippery and doesn't handle as well as the old one.
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