Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Friction, though familiar in everyday life, remains a complex phenomenon—especially at the microscopic level. Scientists long ...
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Since his postdoctoral days at MIT, Hang Yu, associate professor of materials science and engineering, has been wrestling with the challenge of creating a shape-memory ceramic that can be manufactured ...