To conquer some of the toughest challenges for 21st century design, manufacturers are turning to an R&D lab 3.8 billion years in the making: nature. To solve its hose-wear problem, engineers at Parker ...

Innovation doesn’t always mean creating something entirely new. Some of the most remarkable breakthroughs come from observing what already exists in nature. From color-shifting chameleons to ...

Nature has inspired humans in myriad ways from the beginning of time, but one of the relatively untapped applications of how nature can improve building structures comes in the form of architectural ...

UC Professor Sameh Eisa is using the flight mechanics of albatrosses to develop more energy-efficient, wind-adaptive drones through a DARPA-funded biomimicry project. Albatrosses, with wingspans ...