Biological Armors–Evolution, Materials, and Bioinspiration Karly E Cohen , Cassandra M Donatelli , Andrew K Schulz , Julia B Teeple , Theodore Stankowich , E W Misty Paig-Tran Integrative and Comparative Biology, Volume 65, Issue 6, December 2025, Pages 1649–1666, https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icaf074

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"#Bioinspired designs informed by natural armor have led to innovations in impact-resistant materials, flexible ceramics, and modular protective systems."

#Biological Armors–Evolution, Materials, and #Bioinspiration
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🔗 Comparative Analysis of Morphological and Acoustic Correlates of Bush-Cricket Tympanic Membranes. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal (CSBJ). DOI: https://doi.org/10.34133/csbj.0035 📚 CSBJ - A Science Partner Journal: https://spj.science.org/journal/csbj

🔗 Comparative Analysis of Morphological and Acoustic Correlates of Bush-Cricket Tympanic Membranes. doi.org/10.34133/csb...

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#Bioinspiration #Biomimetics #Bioacoustics #EvolutionaryBiology #Biosensors #Entomology #Neuroscience

The Plant Gall as Innovation Booster: A Conceptual Framework
www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/13...

By Ille C. Gebeshuber
From the 2nd International Online Conference on Biomimetics

#Biomimetics #PlantGalls #STEAMeducation #Bioinspiration

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Form and Function in Mobulids: A Comparative Analysis of Filter #Morphology With #Bioinspiration Applications
J B Teeple ,
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S R Kahane-Rapport ,
K E Cohen ,
L Hamann ,
J A Strother ,
E W M Paig-Tran
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#science

Laser-assisted failure recovery for dielectric elastomer actuators in aerial robots Laser ablation and self-clearing recover severely damaged soft actuators, restoring flight in a biomimetic aerial robot.

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🔬 Science Robotics: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🌍 Pop-science:
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#ProjectButterfly #Bumblebees #Science #Biodiversity #ResilientDesign #Pollinators #Bioinspiration #Robotics #Conservation #ScienceForNature

MIT senior turns waste from the fishing industry into biodegradable plastic Jacqueline Prawira’s innovation, featured on CBS’s “The Visioneers,” tackles one of the world’s most pressing e...

#Profile #Students #Undergraduate #Environment #Sustainability […]

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Engineering Explained: Bat-inspired robot drones What is biomimicry? Can technology inspired by nature, or biomimetics, solve modern problems? What if humans could use sonar to mimic how bats fly using echolocation and acoustic sensing? What does it...

#Bioinspiration at
#VirginiaTech –
#agtech:
bat-inspired #robot #drones
(video 3:38)
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#highereducation #highered #STEMeducation #STEM #engineering #biomimicry #biomimetics #robotics #agriculture #farming

Nature offers strong parallels! Commenters linked kirigami designs to spider ballooning and dandelion seeds. These natural phenomena could inspire improved design and performance for future parachutes. #BioInspiration 5/6

*An extra plug for #WorldMantaDay
#Mobula, #bioinspiration, filter feeding, form and function - free
J B Teeple et al
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Mobulas (manta and devil rays) are large-scale ram filter feeders that separate planktonic food particles from large volumes of water with minimal clogging.

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Mobula, #bioinspiration, filter feeding, form and function
J B Teeple, S R Kahane-Rapport, K E Cohen, L Hamann, J A Strother, E W M Paig-Tran
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“Mobulas (#manta & devil #rays) are large-scale ram filter feeders…”

#planktonic #science #biology #scientists #womeninstem

Frilly bug feet inspire a water-striding robot Ripple bugs’ nimble movements on the surface of water inspired a robot with automatically unfurling fans on its feet.

#Bioinspiration
and #robotics:
ripple bugs (Rhagovelia obesa)
www.sciencenews.org/article/ripp...

#robots #bots #design #biomimicry #biomechanics #nature #zoology #entomology

Could a Plant Help Guide Design of Next-Generation Solar Panels? Tufts researchers find a jewel orchid that captures light very efficiently and creates its own optical network, and make a copy using silk biomaterials, hoping to apply the technology to solar panels

#Design and #biomimicry for
#solarpanels
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#problemsolving #innovation #designers #STEM #engineering #nature #botany #bioinspiration #solarenergy

Could a Plant Help Guide Design of Next-Generation Solar Panels? Tufts researchers find a jewel orchid that captures light very efficiently and creates its own optical network, and make a copy using silk biomaterials, hoping to apply the technology to solar panels

#Design and #biomimicry for
#solarpanels
now.tufts.edu/2024/08/07/c...

#problemsolving #innovation #designers #STEM #engineering #nature #botany #bioinspiration #solarpanels

The sixth day of the Konstanz School of Collective Behaviour 2025 (#KSCB2025) continues with a #keynote by Pranav Kedia on #BioMimetic #sailboat #swarms

#BioInspiration

@cbehav.bsky.social

https://www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/kscb/

The sixth day of the Konstanz School of Collective Behaviour 2025 (#KSCB2025) continues with a #keynote by Andreagiovanni Reina on #DecisionMaking in #robot #swarms

#BioInspiration

@cbehav.bsky.social

https://www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/kscb/

The afternoon session of the fifth day the Konstanz School of Collective Behaviour 2025 (#KSCB2025) is devoted to a #keynote by Liang Li on #robots and #CollectiveBehaviour.

#BioInspiration

@cbehav.bsky.social

https://www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/kscb/

Commenters drew parallels to natural systems like the human cochlea, noting how both process sound frequencies. This biological comparison highlights the device's efficiency and design elegance. #BioInspiration 6/6

Inspired by nature, refined by numbers: Formal-functional #bioinspiration and intelligent computation in vehicle design royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... | #RSOS #Biomimetics #VehicleDesign

An open pine cone amongst pebbles in a rock garden next to it cactus in Ithaca

A closed pine cone in the same Rock garden the next day

This Scots Pine? cone has been opening and closing in my rock garden for over a year... Cool & wet = closed, warm & dry = open... It has opened and closed many times this spring after being out there all of last summer and winter. Can somebody please explain this magic? #bioinspiration

Zygote Quarterly | ZQ bio-inspired design

Zygote Quarterly: showing biologically inspired design using case studies, news, and articles which are exemplary in their impact on the field, rigorous in their methodology, and relevant to today’s reader.
#biomimetics #bioinspiration #design #sustainability
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In the foreground is a robotic butterfly creature with yellow wings, intricately cut out to see the background. It's a beautiful fresh and bright spring day, with light streaks and shadows cast over the short and slightly green grass. In the background is an Inunnguaq sculpture, and at the feet are sprouts with golden yellow flowers beginning to emerge. Spring is on the way!

Nice to see signs of spring emerging! The field season is starting soon.

#spring #robotics #bioinspiration

#ChimieVerte #Écocatalyse #InnovationDurable #AcadémieDesSciences #ScienceEtEnvironnement #Bioinspiration

@cnrs.fr
@Université de Montpellier
@chimeco.bsky.social

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Hopping gives this tiny robot a leg up MIT engineers developed an insect-sized jumping robot that...

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#Research #Robotics #Drones #Electronics #Bioinspiration #Research #Laboratory #of #Electronics […]

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What a superb and inspiring day, discussing highly diverse aspects of #Bioinspiration - A big thank to all the speakers, chairpersons, and the attendance. As well as the people involved in the organization...

Advances in Bioinspirations

@inserm.fr - @cea.fr - @cnrs.fr

#BMSV

Can we bioengineer photosynthetic bacteria so that they can produce their own electrodes? Ardemis Boghossian, from EPFL, lecturing at Advances in #Bioinspiration. There's Plenty of Room at the Nano/Bio Boundary.
@cea.fr - @cnrs.fr - @inserm.fr
Bases Moléculaires et Structurales du Vivant #BMSV

What are we? What is evolution? What is selection? What can be assembled without life?
Fascinating Keynote by @leecronin.bsky.social from
@uofglasgow.bsky.social at Advances in #Bioinspiration.
@cnrs.fr - @cea.fr - @inserm.fr
Bases Moléculaires et Structurales du Vivant #BMSV

Life by mimicking the dynamics of the cytoskeleton ? From cytoskeleton investigation to living architectures, by @manuelthery.bsky.social from @cea.fr Paris at Advances in #Bioinspiration.
@cea.fr - @inserm.fr - @cnrs.fr
Bases Moléculaires et Structurales du Vivant #BMSV