Conventional wisdom is that ice is slippery because it has a thin layer of water on top, but new research suggests something ...

Landslides from construction/weight on slopes are a major hazard. New research recreated a Tibetan slope in the lab to study ...

At Sharpa, our mission is to build robots that are useful in our daily lives. We believe robots should help us handle ...

Engineers have spent decades trying to build metals that do not snap, melt, or grind away under extreme conditions, and for a ...

Two cyclists crash during the 2021 Tour de France, while four others ride on unscathed. Friction in action: pro cyclists Peter Sagan and Caleb Ewan (on his back) crash and slide during the 2021 Tour ...

The machine doesn’t care what it’s making—only that it’s making it fast. Frictionless systems optimize output. But meaning, memory, and margin live in the mess it leaves behind. The great smoothing is ...

† Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan ‡ Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan Article Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum ...

This week's issue of C&EN introduces a new twist to a venerable feature: "Science Friction with Bob Wolke" debuts as a regular feature in Newscripts. Science Friction will appear every other week, and ...

Alex Kreger, UX Strategist & Founder of the financial UX design agency UXDA, designs leading banking and fintech products in 37 countries. In the race to make financial services as seamless as ...

A good sweater is like a cozy hug made out of yarn. For that, you can thank friction. A new study reveals how knit fabrics can take on versatile shapes that allow them to conform to the contours of a ...

Science Friction is a wacky animated comedy that follows the story of Woody Woodpecker who finds himself in a predicament when a bumbling scientist with a penchant for bizarre creations sets his ...