Unlocking the secret of what makes mussels so strong may lead to medical advances in bio-implants, wearable sensors, and more.
The projectile slime of the velvet worm could inspire sustainable synthetic materials, say researchers.
A new way to make cellulose gels gets inspiration from how some small birds use spit to hold twigs in place when building nests.
The rhythm of animals' movements is a design element that roboticists should consider when designing mobile robots.
The research centers on vortical flows, which appear in both biological and meteorological systems, such as algae or hurricanes.
A new method produces strong, stretchy, electrically conductive, and recyclable soft fibers at room temperature and pressure.
A new robot inspired by the way tiny krill swim could help navigate oceans on Earth as well as on distant moons.
New sonar technology that gets its inspiration from dolphins allows clearer visual underwater imaging, a new study shows.
"Current experiments in the laboratory are evaluating how suture spacing inspired by hitchhiker plants affects rotator cuff repair strength."
Engineers have developed wooden seed carriers that mimic the behavior of self-burying seeds.
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