Developing efficient, sustainable, and biocompatible high‐tech nanoplatforms derived from naturally existing components in living organisms is highly beneficial for diverse advanced biomedical applications. Melanins are nontoxic natural biopolymers owning widespread distribution in various biosystems, possessing fascinating physicochemical properties and playing significant physiological roles. The multifunctionality together with intrinsic biocompatibility renders bioinspired […]

The swarm intelligence of honeybees has been studied and adapted by researches at the Georgia Institute of Technology in hopes of improving the efficiency of Internet servers faced with similar challenges. A bee dance-inspired communications system helps Internet servers that would normally be devoted solely to one task move between tasks […]

Researchers from Rutgers University, New Jersey, have created bio-inspired, programmable micro-needles that enhance tissue adhesion using Projection micro-stereolithography (PµSL). Influenced by the micro-hooks of parasites, barbed stingers of honeybees, and quills of porcupines, 4D printed backward-facing barbs were fabricated and designed to deform horizontally to be minimally […]