The unofficial soundtrack of every basketball, squash or hard-court tennis match is the constant high-pitched squeak or shriek of the players' shoes. But can this squeak be designed out of them while ...

Taking inspiration from Leonardo da Vinci’s studies of friction, the ‘sneaker squeak’ question cuts to a deep problem in ...

The unofficial soundtrack of every basketball, squash or hard-court tennis match is the constant high-pitched squeak or shreak of the players' shoes ...

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The forces that cause sneakers to squeak also create mini-earthquakes (shoe-quakes, if you will) and tiny lightning bolts.

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The physics behind shoe squeaks is surprisingly complex. Phil Roeder via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 2.0. As illustrated by the High School Musical song “Get’cha Head in the ...

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Scientists have shown that lightning-like bursts can be recreated in small blocks of solid materials in the lab.