This document summarizes a seminar on advances in tribology presented by Apurv Verma. It discusses topics such as friction, lubrication, wear mechanisms, types of motion, tribology applications in piston rings and cylinder liners, recent developments like soybean oil and PVD coatings as lubricants, tribology concerns in MEMS devices, and the economic impacts of tribology research. Application areas covered include integrated circuits, sensors, catalysts, micromachines, and more.