AMES, Iowa – As a glacier’s sliding speed increases, the bed beneath the glacier can grow slipperier, according to laboratory experiments conducted by Iowa State University glaciologists. They say ...

Japanese pitchers who make the jump to the major leagues have often said the baseballs there are slipperier than those in Nippon Professional Baseball. But no one had done a scientific study on ...

Glacier beds can get slipperier at higher sliding speeds. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 1, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2014 / 12 / 141216140751.htm ...

When the researchers tested their lipid-based hydrogel against water-based hydrogels, they found it to be much slipperier by 100 percent. That resulted in less wear on biomedical applications that ...

The "sea skater" is one of the few insects that lives full-time in a marine environment. Scientists are now taking a closer look at how the animal repels water, with an eye towards the development ...