Moiré pattern evolution. Courtesy: Andrea Silva and Xin Cao. If you’ve ever struggled to shift a heavy piece of furniture, you have probably noticed that rotating the furniture while pushing it makes ...

Rockville, March 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global low friction coatings market is forecasted to reach a valuation of US$ 1.75 billion by the end of 2033, expanding at a healthy CAGR of 6.7 % ...

Have you ever noticed when moving furniture that heavy objects are easier to move if you rotate them at the same time as you push? Many people intuitively do this right. An international research team ...

In my experience, the biggest challenge a new company faces is boot-strapping from prototype to a substantial business: a business that has multiple customers who are spending millions of dollars, ...

Nanomachines will depend on our knowledge of friction, heat transfer and energy dissipation at the atomic level for their very survival. In the scramble to revolutionize the world with nanotechnology ...

Ball bearings for low-friction movement The A 755Y... Series of ABEC 3 ball bearings are suitable for applications requiring low-friction movement. The bearings support axial and radial loads with ...

Friction may not be the first problem we think of afflicting medical device design, but it is a real issue for many single-use medical devices like syringes, injection pens, and auto-injectors.