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The aircraft designed by Leonardo da Vinci inspired by nature. From Wikipedia

What is the difference between imitating nature and being inspired by nature?

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Leonardo da Vinci's flying machine - the first imitator of nature. Illustration: shutterstock

Eureka - the moment of inspiration from nature

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The Ribbonfish. Source: NOAA.

Bright fish skin is the inspiration for nanometer reflectors

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Marveling in front of the giant tree "General Sherman", whose age is estimated at 2,700-2,200 years, reminds us that there are things much bigger than us - literally and metaphorically. Photo: Jim Bahn, CC BY 2.0

How much is nature worth? Depends on how you measure

A new UN report indicates that lawmakers around the world only look at the immediate economic benefit that can be derived from nature - and ignore its value in aspects that are harder to quantify in numbers, such as its effect on the psyche and its cultural role. Is it even possible to put a price tag on the feeling of "green in the eyes", or on the technological developments that nature provides us?
The lotus flower. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The lotus is a self-cleaning bio-plastic

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Inspired by the ever-clean lotus leaf, researchers have developed a self-cleaning bioplastic that is stable, sustainable and compostable * Not all bioplastics or bio-derived plastics are actually easily biodegradable
XNUMXD structure of an enzyme from the versatile peroxidase family generated through artificial intelligence-based prediction. The yellow dots mark mutations introduced by the algorithm developed in Prof. Fleishman's laboratory, with the aim of increasing the stability of the enzyme

The proteins of the future are already here

A combination of artificial intelligence and protein design algorithms allows for the first time access to a gold mine: millions of natural proteins that can be used in a variety of environmental, medical and industrial applications
First colony on Mars. Image: : depositphotos.com

Engineers have developed an innovative water treatment method that could help Mars explorers

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A catalyst that breaks down a chlorine compound (perchlorate) in water could help clean the soil on the planet Mars during manned habitation on Mars. It is a substance that accumulates in plants and makes them toxic if it is not removed from the water with which they will water the plants that will be served by humans who will fly there
Fried and baked meat comparison between normal and cultured meat. Image from the article

Steak without slaughter

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An array of sensors for continuous and accurate diagnosis, developed inspired by nature. Illustration: Vicky Klopper Weidenfeld

Inspired by nature: an automatic system that provides continuous information on the subject's health status

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Octopuses have the ability to control the lens of their eye, in a way that allows them to see well in both air and water. Photo: Qijin Xu - Unsplash

hide like an octopus

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The sea urchin Ophiocoma wendtii. Photo: Nitzan Zohar, Technion Spokesperson.

Learning from the heat of the sea: production of forged materials underwater

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A graphic illustration depicting how sugar and carbon dioxide are converted into plastic. Courtesy of Georgina Gregory.

Plastic produced from sugar and carbon dioxide

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The sailfish. Photo: Adam / Flickr.

What about a sailboat and a luxury car?

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Puma biomimetic shoe. From the company website

A cat in shoes, tires and chestnuts or - for all runners... Cat's paw

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A car skeleton based on the turtle shell. EDAG PR photo

What is the connection between a turtle, Leonardo da Vinci and a XNUMXD printed car chassis?

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An Israeli scientist working at NASA has developed an artificial muscle

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The mass of mammals in the world. Only 6% are animals in Remy weighs more? The biomass of humans, of farm and pet animals, and of wild mammals (Illustration: Itay Reva)

Life at stake: the weight of wild mammals dwarfs that of farm animals

The biomass of cows, pigs, sheep and other farm animals is currently 30 times greater than that of all elephants, elk and other wild land mammals combined
White bear - polar bear. Able to switch from hibernation to active mode in one second. The Bronx Zoo. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

Cold feet: the secret of walking on the ice of polar bears

Special for Polar Bear Day: American researchers have discovered the reason why polar bears walk without difficulty on ice and snow surfaces that would cause each and every one of us to slip - microscopic bumps that line their furry feet
green growth Image: depositphotos.com

A global obsession with economic growth will increase the risk of deadly epidemics in the future

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres declared 2021 as "the year for the resolution of humanity's conflict with nature" both because of the corona virus and because of the twenty goals set in 2010, none of them have been met
The general concept: the drug is injected into the blood system but is activated only in the selected place, using external illumination into the relevant tissue. Courtesy of the Technion spokesperson.

Light medicine: release of drugs in a precise place in the body without invasive intervention

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Among the developments made in the Biotechnology and Food Engineering Laboratory at the Technion are stickers for mouth ulcers, which were developed inspired by the adhesive ability of geckos. Photo: Brocken Inaglory, Wikimedia.

Imitation of principles from nature in the development of synthetic materials

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All the movies, photos, emails and other digital data stored on more than 600 smartphones can be stored in the pink drop of DNA at the end of the test tube. [Courtesy: Tara Brown Photography/ University of Washington]

Storage of digital images within DNA and their perfect restoration

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The Science Garden at the Davidson Institute. PR photo

On Elector's Day, they imitate the natural world in the Science Garden

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Biomimicry conference symbol - academia and industry

Biomimicry - academia and industry - conference summary

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The triple helical structure of collagen. From Wikimedia

Lighter, stronger, stiffer

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