Biomimicry News And Research - May 2011 Archives
Researchers have mapped out the diversity of bat ears in a hope to inspire the design of new intuitive methods of manipulating waves with physical shapes, such as sonar and radar.
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The International Bionic Engineering Conference 2011 organised by Elsevier, the leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, aims to bridge the gap between academic research and industrial development in a field that is rapidly growing and gaining recognition across many disciplines.
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Human existence has always depended on harvesting from nature for food and shelter, but we now increasingly look to nature for technological ideas. Next week, spider silk expert Cheryl Hayashi will give a free public lecture at UC Riverside about technologies that borrow ideas from nature - those that feature in our lives today and what’s envisioned in the future. As a case study, Hayashi will talk about spiders and the efforts to replicate their silks.
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Nanoparticle opens the door to clean-energy alternatives
Astronomers gear up to discover Earth-like planets
Tillage and reduced-input rotations affect runoff from agricultural fields
A 20-minute bout of yoga stimulates brain function immediately after
A new approach for managing investment funds
Spanish researchers sequence the genome of global deep ocean
Whispering light hears liquids talk
Amount of dust blown across the West is increasing
Research paints new picture of 'dinobird' feathers
Printing artificial bone
Data highways for quantum information
Scientists create novel silicon electrodes that improve lithium-ion batteries
Repairing turbines with the help of robots
New archaeogenetic research refutes earlier findings
Female moths use olfactory signals to choose the best egg-laying sites
Researchers discover 2-step mechanism of inner ear tip link regrowth
Research shows copper destroys norovirus
What role does sleep play in memory and learning?
Chlamydia protein has an odd structure, scientists find
MRI study: Breastfeeding boosts babies' brain growth
Borneo stalagmites provide new view of abrupt climate events over 100,000 years
Doctors should screen for frailty to prevent deaths
Peer pressure tests grade schoolers -- not just adolescents
New mathematical model links space-time theories
Do palm trees hold the key to immortality?
New strategy for fingerprint visualization developed at Hebrew University
How Usain Bolt can run faster -- effortlessly
Moth-inspired nanostructures take the color out of thin films
Robotic insects make first controlled flight
Seahorse's armor gives engineers insight into robotics designs
Insect-inspired camera captures wide field of view with no distortion, according to CU-Boulder study
Bed of needles
Not slippery when wet: Geckos adhere to surfaces submerged underwater
Cry me a river of possibility: Scientists design new adaptive material inspired by tears
Robot ants successfully mimic real colony behavior
Researchers unveil large robotic jellyfish that one day could patrol oceans