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

“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), ...

I f you’ve ever watched a basketball game, you’re familiar with the white noise of staccato squeaks from the players’ shoes ...

The physics behind shoe squeaks is surprisingly complex. Phil Roeder via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 2.0. As illustrated by the High School Musical song “Get’cha Head in the ...

The unofficial soundtrack of every basketball, squash or hard-court tennis match is the constant high-pitched squeak or shriek of the players' shoes. But can this squeak be designed out of them while ...

The forces that cause sneakers to squeak also create mini-earthquakes (shoe-quakes, if you will) and tiny lightning bolts.

A new study explains why basketball shoes make a high-pitched squeaking noise when they rub against the hardwood. The ridges on the sole hold the key ...

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

Squeak, a DJ and producer for the influential Saba-led Chicago hip-hop collective Pivot Gang, has died. The artist, born Javunte Wheeler but also known as SqueakPIVOT, was 26. Meanwhile, Squeak’s ...