"Bioinspiration" is the relatively new engineering skill that takes a leaf from nature's book. It involves building intricate structures with surprising new properties derived from nature's own ...

Lakhani, Karim R., Vish V. Krishnan, and Ruth Page. "Bioinspiration at the San Diego Zoo multimedia case." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 614-703, June 2014.

In the summer of 2005, Jeffrey Karp, a bioengineer at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was working late one night when he spotted a journal article on a colleague’s desk ...

Development of a new kind of hearing aid was inspired by basic biological studies of a tiny fly's ear. BETHESDA, Md. -- Oh, to be a fly on the wall at this meeting: Health and Human Services ...

Scientists at Heriot-Watt University have unlocked the secret behind how female sawflies make specific cuts to plants—a discovery that could revolutionize surgical instruments and dramatically reduce ...