Biomolecules such as hemoglobin or chlorophyll are difficult to study. It is worth investigating similar but simpler structures in the lab. Unexpected behavior has now been found in phthalocyanines, ...

Efforts to engineer new materials inspired by biological structures are hampered by the lack of genomic data from many model organisms studied in biomimetic research. Here we show that biomimetic ...

In order to design a 21st-century, impact-resistant substance, materials scientist Mehmet Sarikaya of the University of Washington in Seattle finds inspiration in a 500-million-year-old feat of ...

This century, in order to deal with growing environmental crises, significant technology breakthroughs must be found. While we are currently mostly focusing on existing ideas and improving ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. In layman's terms, biomimetics is a science-backed technique that involves ...

Michelle Oyen receives funding from the United States Army Corps of Engineers on tough biomimetic materials. As the world grapples with climate change, we urgently need to find ways of reducing our ...