Researchers are trying to figure out the best way to reduce R, the statistic that informs about the number of people an infected person infects. Since countries like Hong Kong only had 4 deaths out of 7.5 million people, they are trying to determine the various confounding and underlying variables that […]
The characteristics of shark skin can be applied to many things for human use because of its smoothness and versatility. Boat companies are trying to make the bottom of their boats mimic the smooth qualities of sharkskin to reduce friction from drag and auto-cleaning parasite characteristic. This quality seems as if the structure of the […]
New artificial proteins have been created to function as molecular logic gates. Like their electronic counterparts in computers, these biochemical tools can be used to program the behavior of complex systems, such as gene regulation inside human T-cells. This new advance might improve the durability of future cell-based therapies.
The Biomimicry Institute invites students and professionals worldwide to participate in the 2020 Biomimicry Global Design Challenge to create viable solutions inspired by nature that address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Challenge aims to mobilize thousands to look to life on our planet as models, mentors and as sustainable forms of measurement […]
News, New Biological Mechanism of Insulin Signaling Discovered
Investigators at Scripps Research say they have found a new biological mechanism of insulin signaling. Their work, involving the roundworm C. elegans, reveals that a “decoy” receptor is at work in binding to insulin molecules and keeping them from sending signals for increased insulin production.
Throughout the world, harbors, ports, and coastlines are constructed in ways that disrupts local coastal ecosystems and reduces biodiversity. Shimrit Perkol-Finkel created a start-up company in Israel that makes sustainable concrete blocks that mimics and is designed based off of marine life and promotes the growth of sea life in order […]
Authors: Yufeng Huang, Ian Krumanocker and Marc-Olivier Coppens Abstract: We develop an agent-based model as a preliminary theoretical basis to guide the synthesis of a new class of materials with dynamic properties similar to bacterial colonies. Each agent in the model is representative of an individual bacterium capable of: the uptake of chemicals (nutrients), which […]
Technological developments in healthcare have been at the center of focus during last decade. The rise of Nano therapeutic platforms has seen recent advancements in combating deadly diseases like cancer. A lot of research is already done on nanotechnology systems like liposomes, Nano emulsions, dendrimers and micelles, and recently carbon nanotubes […]
A new class of robots, called FlyCroTugs, can lift objects 40 times their weight, using design ideas borrowed from wasps and geckos. You might know wasps for their ability to brainwash cockroaches or inflict one of the most painful stings on Earth—one so powerful that the actual […]
News, PUMA: Biodesign
PUMA Biodesign explores the new frontiers of biological design and fabrication to bring advances in science and biotechnologies closer to our daily lives through sport products. The exhibition in Milan, which is powered by the Biorealize prototyping platform (http://biorealize.com), will focus on how […]
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