On: Superlubricity – tuning friction to the point where it disappears

[powertower]

This also kind of seems analogous to the electron Cooper pairs moving through a superconductor... As one electron moves down into a trout, the other moves up into a peak, and because of the push/pull balancing interaction of their paired up connection, energy is not dissipated (as heat), and in-turn no additional energy is required for propagation... They just keep on moving.

[andrewflnr → powertower]

I haven't heard this theory of superconductivity before. Is it new?

[chm → andrewflnr]

It isn't new. That would be BCS Theory[1].

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BCS_theory