In technological innovation, nature can serve as pure inspiration. Today’s lead story delves deep into how scientists are working to understand the biomechanics of dragonfly wings to create fully ...
Scientists from Hiroshima University undertook a study of dragonfly wings in order to better understand the relationship between a corrugated wing structure and vortex motions. They discovered that ...
Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from the University of Granada, Spain, have determined the most efficient ways to reinforce vaults and domes in architecture. The team compared how well ...
(Nanowerk News) Shark skin and dragonfly wings are two of nanotechnology researchers’ favourite things in new studies looking for solutions to maritime and medical mysteries. The microscopic makeup of ...
THE way a dragonfly remains stable in flight is being mimicked to develop micro wind turbines that can withstand gale-force winds. Micro wind turbines have to work well in light winds but must avoid ...
Jan van Kessel the Elder. Noah’s Family Assembling Animals Before the Ark, c. 1660 oil on panel. Photograph courtesy of The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland The National Gallery of Art and the ...