Inspired by nature, Chinese scientists have produced a synthetic analogue to vulcanized natural rubber. Their material is just as tough and durable as the original. In the journal Angewandte... Read more
Money doesn’t grow on trees, but electricity might someday. Iowa State University scientists have built a device that mimics the branches and leaves of a cottonwood tree and generates electr... Read more
A team of U.S. Navy scientists and engineers at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) have successfully recreated a natural material used for marine wildlife defense... Read more
Inspiration from the natural world: Boosting flexible electronics With increased study of bio-adhesives, a significant effort has been made in search for novel adhesives that will combine re... Read more
Researchers have created a robotic mimic of a stingray that’s powered and guided by light-sensitive rat heart cells. The work exhibits a new method for building bio-inspired robots by... Read more
Scientists observe artificial nanofibers self-sorting into organized structures The Greek goddess Psyche borrowed help from ants to sort a room full of different grains. Cells, on the other... Read more
Researchers look to bones and shells as blueprints for stronger, more durable concrete. Researchers at MIT are seeking to redesign concrete — the most widely used human-made material in the... Read more
Over a 150 years since it was first described by Darwin, scientists are finally uncovering the secrets behind the super strength of barnacle glue. Still far better than anything we have been... Read more
Pitt research team demonstrates gels that can be moved, controlled by light Some animals—like the octopus and cuttlefish—transform their shape based on environment, fending off attackers or... Read more
One of the top ten highlights of the past year, in terms of technology that is inspired by nature. That was how the journal “Bioinspiration & Biomimetics” described a paper by researcher... Read more
“It’s amazing that by studying a fish gill, this team created a design that could impact water infrastructure on a world-wide scale.” Inspired by fish gills, newt tadpoles, and human a... Read more
