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

Tiny, repeating detachments between sole and floor — thousands of times a second — create the distinctive squeak heard on the court, data show.

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 ...

A New England artist makes music from the imperceptible noises of nature—using tools that usually detect hidden nuclear ...