The physics behind shoe squeaks is surprisingly complex. Phil Roeder via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 2.0. As illustrated by the High School Musical song “Get’cha Head in the ...

Squeaky shoes are part of the symphony of a basketball game, when rubber soles rasp against the hardwood floors as players ...

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

The forces that cause sneakers to squeak also create mini-earthquakes (shoe-quakes, if you will) and tiny lightning bolts.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s March Madness is right around the corner. The National Basketball Association (NBA) is fresh off its All-Star break, with the playoffs on the horizon.

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

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 ...

Taking inspiration from Leonardo da Vinci’s studies of friction, the ‘sneaker squeak’ question cuts to a deep problem in physics.

Customers of the athletic shoe company On have filed a class action lawsuit alleging that some of the brand's sneakers squeak embarrassingly loudly when they walk. The class action suit, filed in the ...

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