The machine doesn’t care what it’s making—only that it’s making it fast. Frictionless systems optimize output. But meaning, memory, and margin live in the mess it leaves behind. The great smoothing is ...

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 ...

Irregularities present on a surface are often described as surface roughness or texture. These surface textures such as grooves and dimples impart friction, which is the force between two sliding ...

Friction burns — aka rug burns — can happen when you fall on rough surfaces like asphalt and grass. You can care for minor burns at home by applying cool compresses and taking OTC pain medicine.

Humans have been making fire using friction for thousands of years, with evidence of its use found in archaeological records across different cultures worldwide. Fire by friction is a testament to ...

Alex Kreger, UX Strategist & Founder of the financial UX design agency UXDA, designs leading banking and fintech products in 37 countries. In the race to make financial services as seamless as ...

Friction burns or chafing can appear on the penis as a result of vigorous rubbing, which may occur during sexual activity or when a person wears very tight-fitting clothing. A friction burn occurs ...

Stanford’s Bob Sutton and Huggy Rao on how to boost efficiency and satisfaction while also improving innovation and decision-making. Organizations too often subject their employees and customers to ...

In the past 25 years, experimental and theoretical investigations of friction have experienced an extraordinary ‘renaissance’ triggered by the fast progress of scanning probe microscopy and ...

Throughout his more than 40 years as an organizational psychologist, Sutton has studied the problem of organizational dysfunction and worked to come up with solutions, which he has shared in some of ...

Paying with cash instead of a card. Using a flip-phone instead of a smartphone. Expressing your true opinion, even if it ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Khadija Khartit is a strategy, investment, and funding expert, and an educator of fintech ...