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Administration of drugs by the buccal route has attracted a lot of attention in recent years. But, developing systems with adequate adhesion under wet conditions and drug bioavailability remains a challenge. In this article, they propose a mussel-inspired mucoadhesive film as a solution and demonstrate that the adhesion mechanism of this […]
A survey of some of the new, interesting devices inspired by Nature.
During a drought, plants use a signaling molecule that is known to limit animals’ water loss. The molecule provides them with a type of memory of how dry the day was and helps regulate water balance.
Researchers are using silkworm silk to grow skeletal muscle cells, building and improving upon traditional methods of cell culture. The hope is that this will lead to better treatments for muscle atrophy.
With the explosion of data generation, getting optimal solutions to data-driven problems is increasingly becoming a challenge, if not impossible. It is increasingly being recognized that applications of intelligent bio-inspired algorithms are necessary for addressing highly complex problems to provide working solutions in time, especially with dynamic problem definitions, fluctuations in […]
This is an optimization of 3D network typology, allowing for more iterative, accurate reconstruction of bone-like structures, for the use in bio-inspired designs which are inspired by these natural structures, such as structural devices inspired by bird bones, etc.
Durability and load-bearing are difficult to be combined in engineering systems. Hence, in majority of man-made structures, the two characteristics are typically mutually exclusive. Nature, however, has provided us with design strategies, through which many biological systems have overcome this conflict. Insect wings represent a striking example of such a combination. […]
The Venus flytrap traps its prey using modified leaves. This process is triggered by electrical signals (action potentials), causing the closure of its leaf lobes. It has been found that these electrical signals generate measurable magnetic fields and can be recorded with atomic magnetometers. The article describes how these magnetic fields […]
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I imagine that the neurological circuits underlying these processes are governed by both 2d spacing maps with their brains as…
to reduce the impact of car accidents, it may be possible to study the force diverting physics of cockroaches to…
you see this type of head-bobbing stability in many avian creatures related to pigeons like chickens. the head ability to…
not like they taught horses how to run! this is an example of convergent evolution where both sea creatures and…
The brain functions in a similar way with neuronal connections. our brains are able to utilize the multiplicity of connections…