Scientists from the Faculty of Physics and Applied Informatics at the University of Lodz have published an article on ...

If you take two objects with fairly smooth surfaces, and put these together, you would not expect them to stick together. At ...

Picture yourself at a busy pedestrian crossing. When the light is red, everyone waits -- until one person starts to cross. Soon, others follow, and eventually everyone follows the crowd and crosses.

Depending on what kind of driving you're doing, drilled or slotted rotors can make a huge difference in the way your car ...

Does it get harder to slide the two surfaces along ... that the amount of friction depends on a very interesting underlying process. At low applied force, only one tiny contact point—a so ...

Ultrathin bismuthene islands on graphite slide freely in one direction and pause unpredictably, revealing new ways to control ...

A red high-friction surface is set to be installed on a cycle lane in Bristol as a test before potentially being rolled out across the city. The aim of the trial is to reduce conflict between cyclists ...

Friction welding is a solid-state joining process that uses high rotational speed and pressure to create heat and fuse metals without melting them. However, when dissimilar metals such as ...

Brakes might be the most important system on a car, and rotors are critical to smooth braking. This is how brake rotors work ...

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