{"id":35,"date":"2017-06-23T13:22:22","date_gmt":"2017-06-23T13:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lmp.uni-saarland.de\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2025-09-10T15:17:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T15:17:45","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lmp.uni-saarland.de\/","title":{"rendered":"Home\/News"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Welcome to the\u00a0Material Simulation Group!<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2569\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2569\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lmp.uni-saarland.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/group_photo2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lmp.uni-saarland.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/group_photo2.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.lmp.uni-saarland.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/group_photo2-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lmp.uni-saarland.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/group_photo2-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lmp.uni-saarland.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/group_photo2-1024x819.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2569\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christmas party 15.12.2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_767\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"800\"]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-767 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lmp.uni-saarland.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ArbeitsgruppeMueser.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lmp.uni-saarland.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ArbeitsgruppeMueser.png 800w, https:\/\/www.lmp.uni-saarland.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ArbeitsgruppeMueser-300x141.png 300w, https:\/\/www.lmp.uni-saarland.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ArbeitsgruppeMueser-768x362.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/> Working Group of Prof. M\u00fcser[\/caption]\n\n--><\/p>\n<h6>\u00a0<\/h6>\n<h6>Our recent publication featured in the media<\/h6>\n<p>Our recent paper, <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.aps.org\/prl\/abstract\/10.1103\/1plj-7p4z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cold Self-Lubrication of Sliding Ice<\/a>, recently attracted media attention following a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-saarland.de\/intern\/news\/eis-oberflaeche-rutschen-schmelzen-39295.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press release from Saarland University.<\/a>\u00a0Coverage appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2025-09-ice-physicists-centuries-assumptions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Phys.org,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/idw-online.de\/de\/news857308\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">idw-online<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/wissenschaft\/mensch\/ausrutschen-bei-glatteis-saarlaendische-forscher-widersprechen-gaengiger-theorie-a-7e16183a-38c0-4c03-976a-1c1c47209070?sara_ref=re-em-em-sh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spiegel Online<\/a> and other various German resources, as well as some international media including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biobiochile.cl\/noticias\/ciencia-y-tecnologia\/ciencia\/2025\/09\/08\/explicacion-erronea-divulgada-por-casi-2-siglos-descubren-por-que-realmente-resbalamos-en-el-hielo.shtml#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">biobiochile.cl<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/zap.aeiou.pt\/gelo-escorregadio-estudo-desmente-teoria-699617\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">zap.aeiou.pt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/focus.ua\/technologies\/722798-pochemu-my-poskalzyvaemsya-zimoy-na-ldu-fiziki-razrushili-200-letnee-utverzhdenie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">focus.ua<\/a> and others.<\/p>\n<h6>Our paper <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.aps.org\/prl\/abstract\/10.1103\/1plj-7p4z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;COLD SELF-LUBRICATION OF SLIDING ICE&#8221;<\/a> was published in Physical review letterS!<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>We made it to the cover page of Physical review letterS!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lmp.uni-saarland.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PRLv131i15-front-cover-print.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"967\" height=\"1205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lmp.uni-saarland.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PRLv131i15-front-cover-print.png 967w, https:\/\/www.lmp.uni-saarland.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PRLv131i15-front-cover-print-241x300.png 241w, https:\/\/www.lmp.uni-saarland.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PRLv131i15-front-cover-print-768x957.png 768w, https:\/\/www.lmp.uni-saarland.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PRLv131i15-front-cover-print-822x1024.png 822w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 967px) 100vw, 967px\" \/><\/h6>\n<p>The full article can be accessed through the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.aps.org\/prl\/abstract\/10.1103\/PhysRevLett.131.156201\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h6>Special Issue of the Tribology Letters <strong>Contact-Mechanics Challenge<\/strong> has gone online<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/journal\/11249\/topicalCollection\/AC_76bdd81060bd986e9967117b48942f91\/page\/1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-748\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lmp.uni-saarland.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/specialIssue-300x144.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lmp.uni-saarland.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/specialIssue-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lmp.uni-saarland.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/specialIssue-768x369.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lmp.uni-saarland.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/specialIssue-1024x492.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lmp.uni-saarland.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/specialIssue.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Selected as one of 250 articles by\u00a0Springer-Nature as a potential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.springernature.com\/gp\/researchers\/campaigns\/change-the-world\/chemistry-physics-astronomy-engineering-materials\">change-the-world<\/a> article.<\/p>\n<p>Featured on January 5, 2018 by Robert W. Carpick&#8217;s Perspective in<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/science.sciencemag.org\/content\/359\/6371\/38\">Science <strong>359<\/strong>, 38 (2017)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>See also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lmp.uni-saarland.de\/index.php\/research-topics\/contact-mechanics-challenge-announcement\/\">more information<\/a> on the challenge with links to surface profiles.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the\u00a0Material Simulation Group! \u00a0 Our recent publication featured in the media Our recent paper, Cold Self-Lubrication of Sliding Ice, recently attracted media attention following a press release from Saarland University.\u00a0Coverage appeared on Phys.org, idw-online, Spiegel Online and other various German resources, as well as some international media including\u00a0biobiochile.cl, zap.aeiou.pt, focus.ua and others. 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