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 ...

Doctor, I often hear the term ‘trade friction’ on the news, but does it really have anything to do with our daily ...

Friction is not inherently harmful. Machinery relies on it for functions such as transmitting power, maintaining grip, ...

Abstract Geopolitical conflicts can abruptly and significantly change the institutional conditions of multinational ...

Experiments reveal the factors that determine the friction between the single-atom-thick layers in van der Waals materials, which may have uses in lubrication technology. In a twist. To measure the ...