From water-skipping robots to elephant-skin inspired cooling materials, engineers have continued to find inspiration in nature in order to move technology forward for humans.

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How insects, AI, and digital twins are transforming agricultural waste into sustainable animal feed at industrial scale.

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By directly communicating with the brain, a new wireless device could someday help restore lost senses or manage pain without medications, its developers say.

The magnetic compass is the last unknown sense in migrating animals. For some scientists, the monarch butterfly is leading ...

Scientists found that nanopores’ electrical charges control how ions flow and when pores temporarily shut down. The discovery ...

Scientists at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) in the US are experimenting with a surprising source of inspiration for next-generation nuclear fuel: nature’s mathematics. Their latest research focuses ...