This image taken with an electron microscope shows that tiny carbon spheres added to motor oil reduce friction and wear typically seen in engines by as much as 25 percent, suggesting a similar ...

(Nanowerk News) Tiny, perfectly smooth carbon spheres added to motor oil have been shown to reduce friction and wear typically seen in engines by as much as 25 percent, suggesting a similar ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. The concept of business friction isn’t new: It’s ...

American workers have grown increasingly accustomed to accessing information and ordering goods and services online, anywhere and anytime, using their smartphones, tablets and home computers. At work, ...

Retailers are striving to make 2024 the year for frictionless shopping. To do that, they must incorporate the latest technologies that people need to do their jobs without interrupting any lines of ...

Friction may not be the first problem we think of afflicting medical device design, but it is a real issue for many single-use medical devices like syringes, injection pens, and auto-injectors.

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There is one key lesson we can all take away from the last 10 years of a changing retail dynamic: the businesses that succeed are those that make it easy to buy. Giants like Amazon, Uber, Lyft and ...

As far as engine parts are concerned, mineral oil lubricants help safeguard them from wear. This effect is improved by adding polymer nanoparticles to the lubricating oil. Image Credit: Angewandte ...