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Image of the Day: Floating Metal
Buoyancy techniques used by spiders and ants inspire the development of floating aluminum discs.
Image of the Day: Floating Metal
Image of the Day: Floating Metal
Buoyancy techniques used by spiders and ants inspire the development of floating aluminum discs.
Buoyancy techniques used by spiders and ants inspire the development of floating aluminum discs.
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The Sea and the Science She Inspires
Bob Grant | Nov 1, 2019
For centuries, painters and poets have looked to the ocean for insight. Researchers, too, have found their muse in the Earth’s salty realm.
Image of the Day: Tunabot
Emily Makowski | Sep 25, 2019
This fish-inspired robot swims at greater speeds than previous ones.
Image of the Day: Imposter Neurons
Carolyn Wilke | Mar 1, 2019
Researchers have implanted electronics masquerading as neurons in the brains of mice.
Image of the Day: Hair Brush
Catherine Offord | Nov 20, 2018
Cats’ tongues are covered in tiny spines called papillae, which help wick moisture from the mouth and onto the fur.
Reducing Repetition While Building Biopolymers
Kate Yandell | Jan 11, 2016
A free algorithm helps synthetic biologists decide which codons to use to encode repetitive proteins using the least-repetitive DNA sequence possible.
Inspired by Nature
Daniel Cossins | Aug 1, 2015
Researchers are borrowing designs from the natural world to advance biomedicine.
RoboSpleen
The Scientist
Staff | Jul 31, 2015
Witness a bioinspired device developed by researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute to treat sepsis.