ISSUE #8 SATURDAY, JULY 28TH 2018 N NIUS IPhO 2018 PT Physics of Sports Exploring movement and forces Portuguese Scientists Branca Edmée and Manuel Valadares Lisbon Curiosities A Brasileira Café PORTUGAL INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS OLYMPIAD Previously on IPhO Sabina Abdurakhmanova, Marko Čmrlec, Farakhmand Khasanov, Carolina Ramos, student student (Tajikistan) student (Slovenia) student (Tajikistan) (Puerto Rico) I really like Portugal and the I didn’t do much when I got my After the exams I felt free, be- Now that the exams are over, places we are visiting, because phone back. I was missing the cause now I don’t have to think I’m relieved. I just want to enjoy they are very interesting. The clock, though. I really liked the about having a good night of Portugal, see everything and best part was going to the beach, excursion we did yesterday to sleep. I can enjoy Portugal much have fun. Portugal has beautiful because we got to see the ocean. Óbidos, Nazaré and Alcobaça. better. Lisbon is a beautiful city. places and it has been a lot of I live in the mountains, so I’m Everything has been great until fun. I have travelled 15 hours not used to see it. now: the castles, the examina- in total, between flights and tions and the people. time at the airport. But it was a good flight. 2 INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS OLYMPIAD NONIUS DAILY MAGAZINE SATURDAY, JULY 28TH 2018 Randah Mahmoud, leader (Qatar) Vitaly Shevchenko, Davit Gevorgyan, Rianne Tsai, student (Suriname) observer (Russia) student (Armenia) I like this experience because I really liked the excursions this is my first time in an We brought our best students to We really like Portugal. People because Lisbon is a very pretty International Physics Olympiad. participate in IPhO. In Russia we here are kind and friendly. city. The organization has ar- We are happy to see many people have a system of selection: we And the excursions are really ranged so many beautiful excur- from different countries and the start with about 100 students good and interesting. We are sions and with such good varie- organization is very nice to us. and we select 5. We train them also excited to know the exam ty: some are educational, some The translation of the experimen- in theory, as well as in experi- results, because we have no idea are outdoors… The excursion tal exam took the first day and mental, so that they are strong what the other students did and today was the one I liked the part of Monday morning. It took in both exams. Some of them wrote. most. It was at the adventure much time because the system is prefer theory, but the majority park and everyone was having new for us. prefers the experimental. fun. Also, I like socializing and making new friends. 3 PORTUGAL INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS OLYMPIAD Physics of Sports Exploring movement and forces Although the exams are over, Physics contin- the body produces force” led them to win to continue developing it: “Every time you ues to be the core of this week. On Thursday, the Nobel Prize. want to have success you need to take the António Veloso, Full Professor at Faculty The second part of the session was dedicat- Science and the knowledge. Physics has of Human Kinetics of Lisbon University, ed to musculoskeletal models that estimate helped to develop these great results that explained how we can reconstruct move- internal loading in sports movement, which nowadays Portugal is achieving. My chal- ments and use biomechanical knowledge to António Veloso investigates. “Our research lenge for you is that you continue develop- improve athletes’ performance. in sports biomechanics is how to integrate ing your skills in Physics. We need you”. This session started with a short history all the knowledge in a model that we call The last part of the session really got the of movement and many well-known figures ‘musculoskeletal’, a model that can represent attention of the students and a courageous were presented. Movement is studied since movement and allows to calculate real inter- one – Luca from Slovenia – even went Classical Antiquity, said António Veloso: nal stresses and forces”, he referred. to the stage to perform a movement with “Aristotle was extremely important in this To explain the amount of forces a muscle Nuno Delgado. “I do Physics and judo, so it area of knowledge”. Later in Renaissance, needs to perform a movement and how it is was really interesting for me”, said Tamon Giovanni Borelli would be considered possible to calculate movement with reflec- Suehiro, Japanese student. “We liked it “the first biomechanist”, he mentioned. tive markers all over the body, many graphics because we enjoy everything about Physics. Advances of Modern Science were also and animated images were showed. One of In the future we will study biomechan- mentioned. “Newton is probably the person them had Cristiano Ronaldo kicking a ball. ics because it’s great”, mentioned Kiram with the highest impact ever”, said António To exemplify everything said before, the Al-Karba, from Belarus. Veloso. In the 19th century, the technology big surprise of the night was the appearance 2018 IPhO Chairman, José António to measure some of the movements and of Nuno Delgado, known for winning an Paixão, opened this session that has also also recording the interaction between the Olympic bronze medal in judo. This athlete counted with the presence of Tiago Brandão body and the environment was discovered, showed a technic he developed. As he had Rodrigues, Minister of Education. explained the Professor. markers all over his body, everyone could see To finalize this part of the session, how Physics of sports works in action with an António Veloso emphasized the im- avatar on a big screen. portance of Archibald Vivian Hill and Nuno Delgado also emphasized the impor- Andrew Huxley whose “works on how tance of Physics and encouraged students A day Most of our leaders and observers types of art – some paintings families and snapped many at the spent the day indoors at their are even created by felt-pens, photographs in the main square. hotels, working hard at checking, mirrors, glass, and some other They then finally went to the river Calouste re-checking and then enter- unique materials that people side and dipped their tired feet ing the marks of our students. would not normally use for an in the cool, refreshing water and Gulbenkian Nevertheless, quite a few leaders average, regular painting! Some stayed there for quite some time, did go and enjoyed the visit. The works are delicately pretty – no- admiring the view. museum Calouste Gulbenkian museum tably, the clocks. Their intricate If you could not make it to the has a very beautiful garden path designs are a sight to see. After excursion today, and have some of art leading to it, with the company the museum visit, the leaders free time on your hands, do visit of ducks, turtles and many types and observers lunched at a these places. It’s quite delightful Some leaders visited the of fish in the lake. Many from our quaint restaurant near Baixa – to soak your feet in the river wa- Calouste Gulbenkian museum groups paused to admire their Casa do Alentejo. The ceiling of ter in the hot sun, and gobble up of art and then relaxed at Baixa, young ones - the cute ducklings this restaurant is painted with some really tasty ice creams while by the riverside. and little turtles were coming different stories. you’re at it! up really close to the edge of the After lunch, the groups headed water. Well, perhaps they were off for some sightseeing around posing for the photos! Baixa and Chiado, where some The museum displays various bought souvenirs for their 4 INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS OLYMPIAD NONIUS DAILY MAGAZINE SATURDAY, JULY 28TH 2018 Get to know IPhO major sponsors Portugal’s oldest University Ciência of Coimbra Viva GALP The University of Coimbra (UC) is a The Pavilhão do Conhecimento (Pavilion Galp is a publicly held, Portuguese-based Portuguese public university located in of Knowledge) — Ciência Viva Centre is an energy company, with an international Coimbra, a small university city in the interactive science museum located in Parque presence. Galp’s activities cover all stages Central region of Portugal. First established das Nações. It is easily recognised due to the of the energy sector’s value chain, from ex- in 1290 in Lisbon, it went through a number great volume of the main nave of the host ploration and production of oil and natural of relocations until it was moved perma- building, that won at the time an important gas from reservoirs located several kilo- nently to its current location in 1537. 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