The squeaking of sneakers on a gym floor is usually attributed to friction, specifically a stick-slip variety that involves cycles of sticking and sliding between two surfaces. But that model is best ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tiny, repeating detachments between sole and floor — thousands of times a second — create the distinctive squeak heard on the ...

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A horse's whinny is an unusually distinctive mix of sounds including both high and low frequencies. Reporting in Current ...

A materials scientist investigated the ubiquitous squeak of basketball shoes, discovering it's caused by tiny sections of the sole rapidly losing and regaining contact with the floor, creating ...

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. Ever wonder ...

A new study with ties to the Boston Celtics uses physics to uncover why sneakers squeak on the basketball court.

Despite the title, this isn’t really a story about superconductivity—at least not the superconductivity that people care ...