Decades-old mystery solved as scientists identify what really makes ice slippery
When you step onto an icy sidewalk or push off on skis, the surface can seem to vanish…
German scientists debunk 200-year-old theory on why ice is slippery
Researchers in Germany have challenged a 200-year-old assumption and revealed that pressure and friction are not responsible for…
Chinese scientists detect rare quantum friction in folded graphene
Friction, though familiar in everyday life, remains a complex phenomenon—especially at the microscopic level. Scientists long believed it…