Beth Harris, a Raleigh mom and long-time science educator, returns with a fun and easy experiment where kids can test their strength with friction. Beth Harris, a Raleigh mom and long-time science ...

Say we consider a simple experiment of balancing a wooden rod on two fingers. The finger on the left, (1), will remain stationary, whereas the finger on the right, (2), will be moved toward the left.

The best part about living in Vermont is that we get to experience all of the seasons. Sometimes cool weather appears out of nowhere and we don’t have the proper attire so we rub our hands together to ...

If you even bother to think about friction at all, you might think about rubbing your hands together to warm them up. But friction is a big problem out in the world. Parts that rub against each other ...

Friction is hard to predict and control, especially since surfaces that come in contact are rarely perfectly flat. New experiments demonstrate that the amount of friction between two silicon surfaces, ...