Working together to study friction on the atomic scale, researchers at UC Merced and the University of Pennsylvania have conducted the first atomic-scale experiments and simulations of friction at ...

A new, noninvasive and low-cost method for the early detection and monitoring of osteoarthritis (arthritis caused by wear and tear) may be on its way, thanks to research by UC Santa Barbara scientists ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Even famous thinkers like Leonardo da Vinci were fascinated by the physics of friction. What researchers do know is that the ...

A new, noninvasive, and low-cost method for the early detection and monitoring of osteoarthritis (arthritis caused by wear and tear) may be on its way, thanks to new research. A new, noninvasive, and ...

The usual way to overcome friction is with a liberal coating of lubricant, whether it be some kind of oily liquid or a solid such as graphite. But that’s a distinctly macroscopic solution. In recent ...

(Nanowerk News) Working together to study friction on the atomic scale, researchers at UC Merced and the University of Pennsylvania have conducted the first atomic-scale experiments and simulations of ...

Researchers have uncovered key features of the dynamics of "stick-slip," a form of jerky motion responsible for squeaks and squeals in phenomena from door hinges to shifting tectonic plates. In this ...

Basketball shoes on a gym floor, bicycle brakes in need of a tune-up, or the squeal of tires are everyday examples of squeaking sounds. Such sounds have long been attributed to stick-slip friction, or ...

The upper figure shows the viscoelastic toy model proposed here, characterized by only six independent parameters. Surprisingly, this simple mechanical model produces complicated system dynamics, as ...