Researchers in China have isolated the effects of electronic friction, showing for the first time how the subtle drag force ...

One type of friction can waste energy even when two perfectly smooth surfaces move against each other, but researchers are getting a handle on how to attenuate or stop it completely ...

Digital friction has become a major drag on productivity. Whether it is a failed authentication loop or a screen freezing just before a deadline, these everyday issues now carry outsized consequences.

How can a horde of active robots be automatically brought to a standstill? By arresting their dynamics in a self-sustained way. This phenomenon was discovered by physicists at Heinrich Heine ...