The quest for more effective and efficient ways to clean man-made surfaces and fabrics is long standing. Time, money, and environmental cost are always involved. In contrast, many plants seem able to ...

Innovation doesn’t always mean creating something entirely new. Some of the most remarkable breakthroughs come from observing ...

Biomimicry, which means the imitation of the living, seeks to learn from natural selection and apply those principles to human engineering, putting nature’s lessons into practice using technology. A ...

Designers and engineers have often looked to the environment and how Mother Nature has accomplished phenomenal design solutions for inspiration over the ages. Perhaps all that is new about this ...

Birds do it. Bees do it. And now, increasingly, aircraft engineers are falling in love with the idea of studying the natural world to find solutions that can be adapted and applied to the design of ...

Patterns in nature can offer unique insights for health care, and University Hospitals is looking to explore that with health care professionals and representatives from the region's entrepreneurial ...

Biomimicry began to be systematically implemented in the 1990s, initially to achieve energy efficiency; examples include buildings in Zimbabwe and Australia inspired by the circulation of air inside ...

When the Wright brothers were figuring out how to build an airplane, they took inspiration from some of the fliers of the natural world - birds. Nature has had a long time to perfect its ways, so why ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jonathon Keats is a writer and artist who critiques museum exhibits. This article is more than 5 years old. When bullet trains ...

How does nature make durable materials like corals without heat or a kiln? How do peacock feathers get their beautiful colors? And how do geckos stick to all kinds of surfaces, allowing them to run up ...

Biomimicry is the process of learning from nature to find solutions to problems. The world around us is changing rapidly. With the emergence of new diseases, new technologies, and new ways of working, ...

Are you looking for an innovative product idea? Is there a design problem you can’t quite wrap your head around? If so, maybe it’s time to look outside yourself and take a cue from Mother Nature.