With many using this time at home to learn new skills, online courses are rising in popularity and one South African organisation has launched a timely programme to embark on, whilst considering what ...

We can learn a lot from nature, but first we have to learn how to do that. A whole host of programs–from grade school to graduate school–are now teaching the art of biomimicry. It’s 7:00 a.m. on ...

One of the fastest trains in the world, the Japanese 500 Series Shinkansen bullet train, was designed to run quietly at high speed and reduce the noise created by air resistance. Designers ...

Janine Benyus helped bring the word biomimicry into 21st century vocabularies in her 1997 book on the subject. Her company, The Biomimicry Group, encourages biologists at the design table to ask: how ...

CHENNAI: Indian Institute of Technology - Madras will offer a new interdisciplinary elective course on biomimicry to encourage students to look at nature as a source of inspiration to solve complex ...

CLAIRE Janisch, the founder and director of BiomimicrySA, will speak on Biomimicry – Innovation Inspired by Nature – at the BotSoc KZN Coastal Branch AGM on Sunday, 20 July, at the Durban Botanic ...

Michael Phelps in Speedo's Fastskin suit, made from material that mimics the teeth-like denticles on sharks' skin, helping swimmers travel faster with less effort. Great Lakes Biomimicry will explain ...

We live in the Anthropocene, a time that privileges the human experience above all else. The planet is continually harmed and exploited, making people seemingly oblivious to the human interactions ...