Bioinspiration
Researchers engineer light-activated skeletal muscle
August 30, 2012
Technique may enable robotic animals that move with the strength and flexibility of their living counterparts.
Plants exhibit a wide range of mechanical properties, engineers find
August 14, 2012
Biological structures may help engineers design new materials.
Also labeled: Biology, Cells, Materials science, Nanoscience and nanotechnology, Plant mechanics, Plants
Soft autonomous robot inches along like an earthworm
August 10, 2012
Flexible design enables body-morphing capability.


