“This project started with a simple question: why do basketball shoes squeak?” Adel Djellouli, a study co-author and materials scientist at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), ...

Squeaky shoes are part of the symphony of a basketball game, when rubber soles rasp against the hardwood floors as players jab step, cut and pivot and defenders move their feet to stay in front of ...

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

Friction is one of the oldest and most intricate problems in physics,’ yet ‘it is difficult to predict and control’ ...

As he watched the Boston Celtics play from the stands of TD Garden, one noise kept catching Adel Djellouli's ear. “This squeaking sound when players are sliding on the floor is omnipresent,” he said. ...

NEW YORK (AP) — As he watched the Boston Celtics play from the stands of TD Garden, one noise kept catching Adel Djellouli’s ear. “This squeaking sound when players are sliding on the floor is ...

A Harvard scientist is digging into the reason why sneakers make their trademark squeaking sound on basketball courts worldwide.