On the court, the squeak of basketball shoes is hard to miss. Now, scientists have uncovered why they make that unmistakable ...

As the shoe works hard to keep its grip, tiny sections of the sole change shape as they momentarily lose then regain contact ...

“This project started with a simple question: why do basketball shoes squeak?” Adel Djellouli, a study co-author and ...

Tiny, repeating detachments between sole and floor — thousands of times a second — create the distinctive squeak heard on the ...

Friction is one of the oldest and most intricate problems in physics,’ yet ‘it is difficult to predict and control’ ...

The scientific secret behind squeaky sneakers will ensure you will never hear the noise of a basketball game the same way ...

Are they shoe-ins for an award? Hard to say It is a sound evocative of high school: the characteristic squeak of sneakers on a basketball court. UK readers may, however, be familiar with the same ...

Basketball shoes on a gym floor, bicycle brakes in need of a tune-up, or the squeal of tires are everyday examples of squeaking sounds. Such sounds have long been attributed to stick-slip friction, or ...

Djellouli and colleagues slid a sneaker against a smooth glass plate repeatedly. They recorded the squeaks with a microphone and filmed it with a high speed camera to see what was happening under the ...