bio-inspiration, Tag

Researchers took cues from butterflies to design thin film solar cells that can better absorb light. The rose butterfly, common to India, has soft black wings that help keep the insect warm with the sun's heat. Mimicking...

Wind energy already yields four percent of Earth's power, but five researchers at French institutions recently drew inspiration from nature to make wind turbines even better...

Wind energy already yields four percent of Earth's power, but five researchers at French institutions recently drew inspiration from nature to make wind turbines even better...

Biology may hold the clues to better batteries. An international team of scientists designed a porous material inspired by the vascular structure of leaves that could make energy transfers more efficient. Similar to the way...

It's a scientific fact that there's nothing cuter than a baby sloth in a bucket. But even if Facebook 'likes' turn out not to correlate with biological fitness, sloths are a runaway success by any measure. Well, maybe not...