As anyone who might have tripped over their untidy laces might attest, tying your shoelaces tightly in the morning is no guarantee they’ll stay put. But why they might unravel at all is a different ...

For more than 40 years, Oliver O'Reilly's shoelaces have been coming untied pretty much every day. And for most of those 40 years O'Reilly didn't think too much about it. But then, about a decade ago, ...

A new study by mechanical engineers at UC Berkeley finally shows why your shoelaces may keep coming untied. It's a question that everyone asks, often after stopping to retie their shoes, yet one that ...

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 ...