Scientists from the Faculty of Physics and Applied Informatics at the University of Lodz have published an article on friction in the journal Small. Their research on "bismuth islands" moving on the ...

From the early tribological studies of Leonardo da Vinci to Amontons’ law, friction has been shown to increase with increasing normal load. This trend continues to hold at the nanoscale, where ...

It may seem a bit strange that something as ubiquitous as friction is not very well understood, but it's true. On a macroscopic level, physicists and engineers can model friction and its effects very ...