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First step toward electronic DNA sequencing: Translocation through graphene nanoporesFirst step toward electronic DNA sequencing: Translocation through graphene nanopores

Now that's what I call a ratNow that's what I call a rat

For pandas, there is a mountain high enough, there is a valley low enoughFor pandas, there is a mountain high enough, there is a valley low enough

Nanowick at heart of new system to cool 'power electronics'Nanowick at heart of new system to cool 'power electronics'

Super glaciers leave their mark on the Gondwanan supercontinentSuper glaciers leave their mark on the Gondwanan supercontinent

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Chemists grow crystals with a twist - and untwistChemists grow crystals with a twist - and untwist

What plant genes tell us about crop domesticationWhat plant genes tell us about crop domestication

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Gene discovery may lead to new varieties of soybean plantsGene discovery may lead to new varieties of soybean plants

Baby swimmers have better balanceBaby swimmers have better balance

A lab rat - created in the labA lab rat - created in the lab

Plastic chips monitor body functionsPlastic chips monitor body functions

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Researchers harness viruses to split waterResearchers harness viruses to split water

Student uses skin as input for mobile devicesStudent uses skin as input for mobile devices

Scientists discover quantum fingerprints of chaosScientists discover quantum fingerprints of chaos

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Fly eye paves the way for manufacturing biomimetic surfaces (7/28/2010)

Fly eye paves the way for manufacturing biomimetic surfacesRows of tiny raised blowfly corneas may be the key to easy manufacturing of biomimetic surfaces, surfaces that mimic the properties of biological tissues, according to a team of Penn State researchers. ...> Full Article


Gut movements in caterpillars inspire soft-body robot design (7/23/2010)

Gut movements in caterpillars inspire soft-body robot designA Virginia Tech engineer and Tufts biologists have shown that a caterpillar's gut slides forward in advance of the surrounding tissues -- "unlike any form of legged locomotion previously reported and represents a new feature in our emerging understanding of crawling. ...> Full Article


Reinventing the wheel - naturally (6/15/2010)

Reinventing the wheel - naturallyHumans did not invent the wheel. Nature did. ...> Full Article


Tiny insect brains capable of huge feats (6/14/2010)

Tiny insect brains capable of huge featsInsects may have tiny brains the size of a pinhead, but the latest research from the University of Adelaide shows just how clever they really are. ...> Full Article


From butterflies' wings to bank notes - how nature's colors could cut bank fraud (6/2/2010)

From butterflies' wings to bank notes - how nature's colors could cut bank fraudScientists have discovered a way of mimicking the stunningly bright and beautiful colors found on the wings of tropical butterflies. The findings could have important applications in the security printing industry, helping to make bank notes and credit cards harder to forge. ...> Full Article


When it comes to security, think 'natural' (5/25/2010)

When it comes to security, think 'natural'Security organizations could be more effective if officials learn from occurrences in the environment, University of Arizona researchers suggest in the May 20 issue of the journal Nature. ...> Full Article


Shark skin for airplanes, ships and wind energy plants (5/24/2010)

Shark skin for airplanes, ships and wind energy plantsTo lower the fuel consumption of airplanes and ships, it is necessary to reduce their flow resistance, or drag. An innovative paint system makes this possible. This not only lowers costs, it also reduces CO2 emissions. ...> Full Article


Artificial butterfly in flight and filmed (5/21/2010)

Artificial butterfly in flight and filmedA group of Japanese researchers, who publish their findings today Thursday, May 20, in IOP Publishing's Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, have succeeded in building a fully functional replica model -- an ornithopter -- of a swallowtail butterfly, and they have filmed their model butterfly flying. ...> Full Article


Researchers find schooling fish offer new ideas for wind farming (5/20/2010)

Researchers find schooling fish offer new ideas for wind farmingThe quest to derive energy from wind may soon be getting some help from Caltech fluid-dynamics expert John Dabiri -- and a school of fish. ...> Full Article


Investigating how spiders spin their silk, researchers unravel a key step (5/14/2010)

Scientists from the Technische Universitaet Muenchen and the University of Bayreuth have unraveled a decisive step in nature's way of producing spider silk; with industrial partners, they are working toward biomimetic production of synthetic fibers with comparable strength and elasticity. In Nature, they explain how spider silk proteins can be stored in high concentrations without clumping and then drawn at a moment's notice into fibers with five times the tensile strength of steel. ...> Full Article


Designed biomaterials mimicking biology (5/10/2010)

Designed biomaterials mimicking biologyEngineered artificial proteins that mimic the elastic properties of muscles in living organisms are the subject of an article in the May 6 issue of Nature. "Our goal is to use these biomaterials in tissue engineering as a type of scaffold for muscle regeneration," said co-author Dan Dudek, an assistant professor of engineering science and mechanics at Virginia Tech. ...> Full Article


Bionic coating could help ships to economize on fuel (5/5/2010)

Bionic coating could help ships to economize on fuelThe hairs on the surface of water ferns could allow ships to have a 10 per cent decrease in fuel consumption. The plant has the rare ability to put on a gauzy skirt of air under water. Researchers at the University of Bonn, Rostock and Karlsruhe now show in the journal Advanced Materials how the fern does this. Their results can possibly be used for the construction of new kinds of hulls with reduced friction. ...> Full Article


Beetles stand out using 'Avatar' tech (4/20/2010)

Beetles stand out using 'Avatar' techA new study suggests that jewel scarab beetles find each other -- and hide from their enemies -- using the same technology that creates the 3-D effects for the blockbuster movie, "Avatar." ...> Full Article


Cat brain: A step toward the electronic equivalent (4/19/2010)

Cat brain: A step toward the electronic equivalentA cat can recognize a face faster and more efficiently than a supercomputer. ...> Full Article


Blueprint for 'artificial leaf' mimics Mother Nature (3/26/2010)

Blueprint for 'artificial leaf' mimics Mother NatureScientists today presented a design strategy to produce the long-sought artificial leaf, which could harness Mother Nature's ability to produce energy from sunlight and water in the process called photosynthesis. The new recipe, based on the chemistry and biology of natural leaves, could lead to working prototypes of an artificial leaf that capture solar energy and use it efficiently to change water into hydrogen fuel, they stated. ...> Full Article

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Fly eye paves the way for manufacturing biomimetic surfacesFly eye paves the way for manufacturing biomimetic surfaces

Gut movements in caterpillars inspire soft-body robot designGut movements in caterpillars inspire soft-body robot design

Reinventing the wheel - naturallyReinventing the wheel - naturally

Tiny insect brains capable of huge featsTiny insect brains capable of huge feats

From butterflies' wings to bank notes - how nature's colors could cut bank fraudFrom butterflies' wings to bank notes - how nature's colors could cut bank fraud

When it comes to security, think 'natural'When it comes to security, think 'natural'

Shark skin for airplanes, ships and wind energy plantsShark skin for airplanes, ships and wind energy plants

Artificial butterfly in flight and filmedArtificial butterfly in flight and filmed

Researchers find schooling fish offer new ideas for wind farmingResearchers find schooling fish offer new ideas for wind farming

Investigating how spiders spin their silk, researchers unravel a key step

Designed biomaterials mimicking biologyDesigned biomaterials mimicking biology

Bionic coating could help ships to economize on fuelBionic coating could help ships to economize on fuel

Beetles stand out using 'Avatar' techBeetles stand out using 'Avatar' tech

Cat brain: A step toward the electronic equivalentCat brain: A step toward the electronic equivalent

Blueprint for 'artificial leaf' mimics Mother NatureBlueprint for 'artificial leaf' mimics Mother Nature



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