On a macroscopic scale, the physics of friction is well understood: skiers do their utmost to minimize it whereas racecar drivers hang on to it desperately during high-speed cornering. Yet, the ...

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PARIS (JTA) — French Jews may have voted en masse for Emmanuel Macron in the final round of France’s presidential elections, but that doesn’t make him their dream president. Like many other supporters ...

Friction plays a key role in how ruptures unzip faults in the Earth’s crust and release waves that cause destructive shaking. Yet dynamic friction evolution is one of the biggest uncertainties in ...