Useful productivity desk gadgets solve a specific desk-work problem rather than simply adding another accessory. They make ...

This is an important year for the retail industry . After a series of setbacks including high inflation, shocks to the global supply chain and a reduction in the labor market, the industry has high ...

Parts of devices that are perfectly smooth can still experience friction because of the electrons within them, but a new method may enable researchers to turn it down or fully turn it off. Controlling ...

Friction and wear are among the most common causes of energy loss and component failure in mechanical systems, accounting for around 20–30% of total global energy consumption. Conventional lubricants ...

When Meyer Levin Middle School for the Performing Arts in Brooklyn, N.Y., recently adopted a new literacy platform, teachers quickly alerted leadership that the program was not user-friendly. “To use ...

When I began my career in the pro-audiovisual industry two and a half decades ago, innovation was steady but slow. New AV solutions were conceived, developed, launched and matured over several years.

Researchers in China have isolated the effects of electronic friction, showing for the first time how the subtle drag force it imparts at sliding interfaces can be controlled. They demonstrate that it ...