Researchers have uncovered friction without contact—driven entirely by magnetic interactions. As two magnetic layers slide, their internal forces compete, causing constant rearrangements that ...

Researchers found friction can arise without contact, driven by magnetic dynamics, and doesn't always increase with load but peaks when magnetic ordering becomes frustrated. (Nanowerk News) ...

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The biotech revolution spent decades trying to harness power for medicine. The next chapter is harnessing it for everything ...

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Hungary is the clearest example. Many Jews in Budapest genuinely do feel safer than Jews in Paris, Brussels, or Berlin.

In the heated, competitive world of aircraft cabin design, five aircraft and operators stand out from the competition.

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