A new study explains why basketball shoes make a high-pitched squeaking noise when they rub against the hardwood. The ridges on the sole hold the key ...
Basketball shoes on a gym floor, bicycle brakes in need of a tune-up, or the squeal of tires are everyday examples of squeaking sounds. Such sounds have long been attributed to stick-slip friction, or ...
Researchers at the University of Tuebingen, working with an international team, have developed an artificial intelligence that designs entirely new, sometimes unusual, experiments in quantum physics ...
A new study uses physics to uncover why sneakers squeak on the basketball court. Scientists slid a shoe against a smooth ...
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Harvard engineers think they've found the reason basketball shoes squeak, and it's due to pockets of friction between the rubber and the court.