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Magnetic Interactions Reveal An Exception To A 300-Year-Old Law Of Friction
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Completely without contact – and still with friction: Konstanz researchers shake a century-old law of nature. Find out here what lies behind the sensational discovery:
Defying Centuries: Rethinking a 300-Year-Old Friction Law
In a groundbreaking study from the University of Konstanz, researchers have unveiled an unprecedented mechanism governing sliding friction—one that emerges entirely without mechanical contact and is instead driven purely by the collective dynamics of magnets. This new paradigm defies the centuries-old Amontons’ law, which asserts that friction rises proportionally with load, by demonstrating that magnetic friction can actually reach a peak and t…
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