With mild temperatures and ample snow, much of Alaska is now primed for cross-country skiing. It’s a sport for all ages, made possible by friction. According to Samuel Colbeck, a retired geophysicist ...

June 2, 2005 Mazda has developed the world’s first direct spot joining technology to join steel and aluminum. Mazda has applied for more than 20 patents related to this process which was first ...

POMONA, Calif. –Prolong® Super Lubricants offers its industry-leading Engine Treatment and Booster System to protect gas and diesel engines from the two leading causes of engine wear: damaging ...

Mazda Motor Corporation claims to have developed the world's first aluminium joining technology using friction heat to be applied in the aluminium body assembly process for cars, saying that energy ...

Heat is a byproduct of combustion. Both air-cooled and water-cooled engines need to dissipate that heat to keep the engine from running too hot. Can piston rings play a role in managing that heat?

Nanomachines will depend on our knowledge of friction, heat transfer and energy dissipation at the atomic level for their very survival. In the scramble to revolutionize the world with nanotechnology ...