Friction typically comes in three forms — distance, time and effort. For instance, living far from the gym or a favorite walking trail makes it less likely that you'll go.

While some may see long-distance lending as posing risks for regional lenders, there are clearly banks that don’t seem to be afraid to hop over the backyard fence or even leap across the country.

"Friction of distance" is a geographical term describing how movement incurs some form of cost in physical effort, energy or time. This exhibition looks at how relationships and collaborations are ...

This is supported by the dependence of friction on the probe–sample distance d and on the bias voltage V. Γ is found to be proportional to d−1 and V2 in the metallic state, whereas Γ∼d−4 ...