The question is not how to eliminate friction. The question is how to manage it so it becomes traction and traction becomes forward motion.

Robots acting as macroscale analogs of active nanoparticles stop moving through friction alone, revealing a self-sustained cooling effect without external input. (Nanowerk News) How can a horde of ...

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 ...

For the first time, physicists in China have virtually eliminated the friction felt between two surfaces at scales visible to the naked eye. In demonstrating "structural superlubricity," the team, led ...

"Catching molecular motion at just the right time: Theorists overcome loss of entropy and friction in computational simulations." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2011 / 09 / ...

Measuring 63.5 (H) x 88.9 (W) x 266.7 (L) mm, the Dover MAB-100 linear motor stage uses an air-bearing guideway to deliver friction-free straight-line motion up to 100 mm in length. The device ...

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

Cold ions sliding across periodic energy-potential patterns formed by lasers have been used to elucidate the physics of dry friction between crystals. Experiments with no more than six ions suffice to ...

Evonik’s Resource Efficiency Segment has unveiled its new Friction and Motion Competence Centre in Darmstadt, Germany. The Centre acts as a technology platform focusing on development of mid- and long ...