The Mini Cheetah, developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, can run at speeds of up to 3.9 metres per...
Bioinspired
Nature creates layered materials like bone and mother-of-pearl that become less sensitive to defects as they grow. Now researchers have...
A recent research study conducted by City, University of London's Professor Christoph Bruecker and his team has demonstrated that artificial...
Inspired by the always immaculate lotus leaf, researchers have developed a self-cleaning bioplastic that is sturdy, sustainable and compostable. The...
Many lessons learned in life are learned from trees. Stand firm. Good things take time. Bend, don't break. But metaphors...
Inspired by a kind of tree leaf, scientists at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) discovered that the spreading direction...
Inspired by the sticky substance that barnacles use to cling to rocks, MIT engineers have designed a strong, biocompatible glue...
Nanocontainers can transport substances into cells where they can then take effect. This is the method used in, for example,...
A hydrogel that forms a barrier to keep heart tissue from adhering to surrounding tissue after surgery was developed and...