BERKELEY, Calif. -- UC Berkeley made an announcement Tuesday that could change the way you walk. It's breakthrough research on an unusual topic -- your shoes. It's of interest to anyone who wears ...

Experts at a top university have solved one of the great scientific problems — why your shoelaces come undone. They found repeated impact of the shoe on the floor serves to loosen the knot. Leg swing ...

Even if you don’t wear lace-up shoes regularly, you are probably still quite familiar with the experience of a knot in your shoe string coming undone, irrespective of how well you thought you had tied ...

We’ve all been there. You’re walking along, when suddenly your shoelaces come untied for some reason. Cue the awkward moment where you’ve got to find a place to stop, bend down, and nonchalantly ...

The laces on the left are tied in a strong knot that lies horizontally. The laces on the right are tied in a knot that makes the bow lie vertically and which, according to new research, can come ...

Can you tie your shoes? It is not a universal skill anymore. I learned to tie my shoes in kindergarten. All my shoes at that age needed tying or buckling. I was a teenager when I wore my first pair of ...

Scientists have discovered an "invisible hand" constantly working against the knot in your shoelaces. Mechanical engineers from the University of California, Berkeley, carried out a series of ...