During the exhibition at the New York Crystal Palace in 1853, I had many opportunities to notice the effect of friction on the temperature of water. You and many of your readers will remember ...

The Elements Obturation Unit™ combines the System B™ technology with a motor-driven extruder handpiece to make obturation efficient, predictable, and accurate. From downpack to backfill ...

The recent developments in understanding friction and the leading factors that determine the frictional response at the nanoscale (see Fig. 1), were the main topics of debate at the recent Trends ...

While there are a number of different reasons for slicing the golf ball, one common issue is that players just don’t have the right golf grip. Think about it: When you don’t grip the club ...

Flows inside ducts, channels and pipes are very important because they occur in many practical applications (water pipes, air conditioning ducts, gas lines, ventilation shafts, heat exchanger tubes, ...

Firm, the thinking goes, relays confidence and strength. Despite the cultural measurement of the handshake, your actual grip strength can mean much more than how confident you are. Grip strength ...

Friction is a force between two surfaces that are sliding, or trying to slide, across each other. For example, when you try to push a book along the floor, friction makes this difficult.

The use of bearing materials to reduce bearing friction can be traced at least back to the Roman chariot days. Soft metals such as Tin ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Global carbon pricing is needed to prevent “difficult and problematic” disputes over environmental ...