What physical processes govern the movement of microscopic structures capable of interacting with their environment? The ...

When tectonic plates move, they rarely do so smoothly. Sometimes they slide almost imperceptibly; at other times, stress is ...

This development project for a drug delivery wearable's micropump needed an engineered solution for both adhesion and slip.

Abstract: Cooperative robots require the capability of external force detection to ensure the safety and convenience of human-machine interaction. Although installing ...

A basketball shoe sole sliding on a wooden floor, a finger on a glass pane, a bicycle brake...: many everyday phenomena ...

A study on the seismic response of a free-standing marble column, including rocking and sliding effects, is presented in this paper. The rocking-sliding model implemented for the development of the ...

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Schematic of two magnetic layers composed of permanent magnets. The magnets in the upper layer are free to rotate, while those in the lower layer are fixed. When the layers move relative to each other ...

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Researchers have uncovered friction without contact—driven entirely by magnetic interactions. As two magnetic layers slide, their internal forces compete, causing constant rearrangements that ...