When Japanese engineer Eiji Nakatsu was designing the new 500-series Shinkansen bullet train in the 1990s, he was looking for ...

Here are four promising examples of biomimicry's potential in the near future. Like many invertebrates, the Chameleon grasshopper (Kosciuscola tristis) has no control over its body temperature ...

Biomimicry is thus the imitation of life in human-engineered designs. The Adirondacks provide many examples. The white cedar bark used for siding on the Barque of Pine Knot is strong, durable, ...

This week at Marine Technology News...One of the earliest documented examples of biomimicry is attributed to Leonardo da ...