SACRAMENTO - Many of us remember the long-ago day we learned to tie our own shoes. "I learned how to tie my shoes when I was 3 years old," said Kimberly Gomez Santos, a senior at Sacramento State. "My ...

The complex forces exerted on our laces act like an invisible hand out to trip us up, a finding that could solve mysteries beyond our feet. Eric Mack Contributing Editor Eric Mack has been a CNET ...

A new study by mechanical engineers at UC Berkeley finally shows why your shoelaces may keep coming untied. It's a question that everyone asks, often after stopping to retie their shoes, yet one that ...

Photo by brennaval/flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 One of the first lessons you learn growing up is how to tie your shoe. And during that time, you also learn that your shoelaces will eventually come untied.

Ian's Shoelace Site, home of several inventive methods for shoe-tying, brings us the "Ian Knot," touted as the world's fastest shoelace knot. We've been tipped off on this several times before, so I ...

Scientists have discovered an "invisible hand" constantly working against the knot in your shoelaces. Mechanical engineers from the University of California, Berkeley, carried out a series of ...

"Ian's Shoelace Site" is a site to say as a shoelace large dictionary packed with all kinds of information on shoelaces, such as the type of shoelaces suitable for the application and how to tie the ...

A new UC Berkeley study tries to answer the oft-asked but previously unstudied question: why do my shoes keep coming untied? A new study by mechanical engineers at UC Berkeley finally shows why your ...

Ian’s Shoelace Site claims to be the number one shoelace hobbyist site in the world, and says over 11,000 people visit every day. Whether you’re looking for the best knot for your running shoes or the ...

The knots in your shoelaces are familiar, but can you imagine knots made from light, water, or from the structured fluids that make LCD screens shine?