How does nature make durable materials like corals without heat or a kiln? How do peacock feathers get their beautiful colors? And how do geckos stick to all kinds of surfaces, allowing them to run up ...

Building from Nature: Biomimicry in Engineering Machines can seem like the opposite of nature, but engineers and materials scientists are taking more and more cues from counterparts in the natural ...

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The Indian Institute of Technology Madras, or IIT Madras has announced a full semester course on Biomimicry-- to imitate or look at nature as a source of inspiration for solving complex problems.

Birds do it. Bees do it. And now, increasingly, aircraft engineers are falling in love with the idea of studying the natural world to find solutions that can be adapted and applied to the design of ...

Designers and engineers have often looked to the environment and how Mother Nature has accomplished phenomenal design solutions for inspiration over the ages. Perhaps all that is new about this ...

Inspired by nature, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras will soon start offering a course on Biomimicry. The course will teach the students to imitate nature to solve complex problems. It ...

The use of biomimicry to form nature-inspired oleogels could help manufacturers to better structure unsaturated fats to replace trans fats, say researchers. The desire to swap out trans fats and ...

The approach can be applied across industries including business, engineering and architecture. Students can draw inspiration from nature to develop innovative services or products. Image used for ...

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