The way a key cellular motor works at an atomic level has been uncovered by simulations conducted by RIKEN biophysicists.

Researchers found friction can occur without contact, driven by magnetic dynamics, and does not always increase with load. The effect could enable controllable, wear-free technologies.

Researchers have uncovered friction without contact—driven entirely by magnetic interactions. As two magnetic layers slide, ...

Researchers at the University of Konstanz have uncovered a new mechanism of sliding friction: resistance to motion that ...

The disappearance of a retired Air Force general who once oversaw billions of dollars in military research has drawn federal investigators into the search and fueled ...

The disappearance of retired Major General William Neil McCasland is a “grave national security crisis,” as he is a man “with some of the most sensitive secrets of the United States in his head,” ...

A brief look at the fundamental forces known today and how future research could reveal new aspects of nature that deepen our understanding of the universe. Labor preference win confirmed in tight ...

Undergraduate students of the Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University, Rangsit Campus were asked to switch to online learning from Tuesday to Friday due to an outbreak of chicken pox among ...

In this episode of Space Minds, Mike Gruss sits down with David Ariosto to discuss his new book, “Open Space.” David talks about how some of the themes of the book — China, the moon and the booming ...

Long before he earned the nickname the “Quad God,” U.S. men’s figure skating champion and gold medalist Ilia Malinin was part of a University of Delaware biomechanics study that measured jumping ...

The U.S.’s largest organization of physicians is joining forces with a vaccine research group to independently review vaccine science, effectively paralleling one of the Centers for Disease Control ...