A new study explains why basketball shoes make a high-pitched squeaking noise when they rub against the hardwood. The ridges on the sole hold the key ...

The authors also found that if a soft surface is smooth, the pulses are irregular and produce no sharp sounds, whereas ridged ...

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“We were not expecting to find so much richness and depth, from a physics point of view, underneath the sole of a shoe,” study co-author Adel Djellouli, a physicist at Harvard University, tells ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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

The squeaking of sneakers on a gym floor is usually attributed to friction, specifically a stick-slip variety that involves cycles of sticking and sliding between two surfaces. But that model is best ...

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. Ever wonder ...

A materials scientist investigated the ubiquitous squeak of basketball shoes, discovering it's caused by tiny sections of the sole rapidly losing and regaining contact with the floor, creating ...