In this work, interaction forces between two silica nanospheres after contact, including the van der Waals (vdW) attraction, Born repulsion, and mechanical contact forces are studied by molecular ...

Discover what a log-normal distribution is, its financial applications, and how to calculate it, including using Excel for practical financial analysis.

Soft tactile sensing technologies provide the potential to endow a sense of touch to robots for grasping and manipulating objects. During the execution of such tasks, having accurate knowledge on the ...

Normal Computing announces successful tape-out of the world's first thermodynamic computing chip for AI training.

In this paper, the normal force generated by three different types of linear induction motors during operation is studied. Firstly, Maxwell tensor method is used to derive the normal force formula of ...

Dynamic projectiles When speaking to school children about physics in sport, Colin White will take a variety of balls, shuttlecocks and other sports equipment for demonstrations. (Courtesy: iStock/Bet ...

Measurements analyzed by an international research team led by ETH Zurich show that the global ocean absorbed significantly ...

Learn about a good walking heart rate and what factors affect this number. Plus, calculate your resting and maximum heart rates and see what's too low or high.

Though the days are fast ticking by, that success is far from assured. DART is the first-ever test of what NASA calls a ...

Equilibrium is a state in which market supply and demand balance each other. As a result, prices become stable. Learn how equilibrium impacts investors.