These days, most people are aware of both the buzz and consternation that has accompanied any discussion of artificial intelligence (AI) within recent months. Like any technology, AI has a learning ...

(Nanowerk News) An interdisciplinary research team of the Institutes of Physical Chemistry and Physics of the University of Freiburg and the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics in Frankfurt-am-Main has ...

A cook's reaction to cockroaches in the kitchen is a good approximation of a physicist's reaction to friction: not only is it undesirable, it is hard to get rid of. OK, our analogy falls at a last ...

Friction is an intrinsic physical phenomenon to curling. Without it, objects in motion would move endlessly, without slowing down. This would cause many safety-related problems: Cars or trains could ...

1.1 What is friction? Take this everyday example: when a coffee mug rests on a flat table, the kinetic frictional force is zero. There is no force trying to move the mug across the table, so there is ...

Steady-state sliding profiles illustrate the different types of friction. Smooth sliding (F) illustrates very low friction forces, while the jagged profile of regular stick-slip friction (C), shows ...

Managing friction at the wheel-rail interface is one of the top priorities for railway operators. An effective friction management system can reduce noise and vibration while simaltaneously improving ...