Researchers in China have isolated the effects of electronic friction, showing for the first time how the subtle drag force ...

One type of friction can waste energy even when two perfectly smooth surfaces move against each other, but researchers are ...

Now I get to do something with that force scale I built. I had a request some time ago to talk about friction. Friction is surprisingly complicated. When two surfaces rub against each other, why is ...

Chemists and physicists shed light on a crucial aspect of friction: how things begin to slide. Using fluorescence microscopy and dedicated fluorescent molecules, they are able to pinpoint how and when ...

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