How much do you know about friction? Jennifer R. Vail's charming, if sometimes technical, "biography" of the force showcases its amazing and largely overlooked role in everything from climate change ...

Scientists led by the University of Leicester have made an insight into superlubricity, where surfaces experience extremely low levels of friction While many of us are treading carefully to avoid a ...

Scientists have made an insight into superlubricity, where surfaces experience extremely low levels of friction. This could benefit future technologies by reducing energy lost to friction by moving ...

As the potter works the spinning wheel, the friction between their hands and the soft clay helps them shape it into all kinds of forms and creations. In a fascinating parallel, sea squirt oocytes ...

Stanford’s Bob Sutton and Huggy Rao on how to boost efficiency and satisfaction while also improving innovation and decision-making. Organizations too often subject their employees and customers to ...

JTEKT has been granted a patent for a method to estimate friction force in vehicle power steering systems. The method utilizes a mathematical model to adjust motor torque based on measured input ...

In "Friction," tribologist Jennifer Vail shows how the fundamental force that resists motion keeps driving us forward.