Recently, a research group led by Prof. Wang Zhenyang and Zhang Shudong from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the ...

Bioinspired materials are synthetic materials whose structure, properties or function mimic those of natural materials or living matter. Examples of bioinspired materials are light-harvesting ...

Charging forward at top speed, a garden snail slimes up 1 millimeter of pavement per second. By this logic, Beckman Institute ...

Inspired by the humble deep-sea sponge, RMIT University engineers have developed a new material with remarkable compressive ...

Researchers at RMIT University have developed a groundbreaking new material inspired by the skeleton of a deep-sea sponge.

Now, engineers have managed to produce extremely fine fibers inspired by spider silk ... printing soft and very thin materials. “In nature, there are many examples of filamentous structures ...

A humanised space is one that settles you down with your own self, rather than pulling you away. It’s about connecting us to ...

Researchers develop ultra-fast nature-inspired 3D printing method. ‘Growth printing’ mimics tree growth to create polymer parts quickly.

Recently, a research group led by Prof. WANG Zhenyang and ZHANG Shudong from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, developed a new type of ceramic fiber aerogels ...

Researchers in Beckman's Autonomous Materials Systems Group created "growth ... ring by ring. In nature, elements like gravity, wind and temperature complement and complicate a tree's tendency ...