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 ...

In physics, friction is defined as a phenomenon in which two or more objects move in the tangential direction of the contact surface or have a relative movement tendency; The force between the contact ...

I tested the limits of friction and found a paradox ...

Friction plays a key role in how ruptures unzip faults in the Earth’s crust and release waves that cause destructive shaking. Yet dynamic friction evolution is one of the biggest uncertainties in ...

In 1996, after years of working under the auspices of indie labels like JMT and Soul Note, alto saxophonist Tim Berne took total artistic control over his work. The first release on his new Screwgun ...

For most people, the first thing that comes to mind when they think of Leonardo da Vinci is the Mona Lisa, or his sketches of the Vitruvian man. Fans of pulp fiction or popular cinema might even find ...

Here’s the rub with friction — scientists don’t really know how it works. Although humans have been harnessing its power since rubbing two sticks together to build the first fire, the physics of ...

(Nanowerk News) Whether it’s driving on icy roads, rock climbing, or getting a better grip on a bat, the science of friction and adhesion plays a role—large and small—in many human activities. In a ...

I've been thinking a lot about the role of friction lately -- or perhaps more importantly, the lack thereof -- in media design. Generally speaking, the user experience design of our most successful ...

Curling is a thrilling sport filled with strategy, skill, sweeping, surprise and science! Curling is a mesmerizing sport filled with strategy, skill, surprise, a lot of yelling, and science—yes ...