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Two technologies based on marine organisms offer hope for the growing problem of antibiotic resistant infections.
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San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee opens the 2012 GreenBiz Forum by talking about how the city is rethinking innovation, sustainability, and its relationship with the business community.
Two sessions during day two of the GreenBiz Innovation Forum explored how to take nature's principles and put them to work on solving problems ranging from packaging to HVAC.
An innovative display screen based on the way a Morpho butterfly's wings get their color may or may not change the mobile-device market -- but the underlying principles could change how we...
Whether we're talking about melting waste plastic into diesel fuel or turning unused alligator meat into biofuels, companies around the world are looking at fuel-from-waste with fresh perspectives...
Among the many achievements that Ray Anderson earned in his revolutionary career, one of the most often-overlooked is his pioneering use of biomimicry in product design.
The world has come a long way from some of the hippie dreams of the 1970s, although the far-out ideas for creating sustainable spaces to live and work in are rapidly becoming reality.
Using renewable crops and genetically modified bugs, the green chemistry pioneer aims to redesign the chemicals that surround us.
If you start with the premise that many of the solutions to our global sustainability challenges start with design and systems thinking, this software company is emerging as a key player in a...
From helmets that protect better to self-sharpening tools to bottles that collect water from the air, read on for some of the biggest innovations inspired by nature in 2010.
A renaissance in biology, chemistry and nanotechnology is breeding innovations in technologies that can address environmental problems, such as efficiency or recycling.
The oceans have inspired numerous biomimetic innovations. One simply couldn't dream up all the fantastic shapes, behaviors and strategies that have resulted from these demanding and alien...
A small company based in rural Montana has big dreams for using post-consumer plastic waste to restore fish populations, sequester carbon, remove water pollution -- and create unlimited amounts of...
Green chemistry and biomimicry - two concepts that started up in the '90s - are coming together to make safer and smarter products and processes.
Researchers have discovered what makes up the cement-like adhesive that oysters use to stick together, paving the way for advances in less-harmful boat protection, medicine and construction...
A more functionally organic building will be able to do more things. In other words, it will be a “verb,” and the distinction between shelter and tool will become blurred as workers...
Foam that captures carbon dioxide, bamboo sunglasses made by artisans and a building covering made of recycled bottles are among the finalists of the Earth Awards.
Rethinking the methods of manufacturing and making wiser decisions about how to distribute those goods will be essential to allow future generations to share our world. Nature just so happens to...
The Biomimicry Institute’s Educators’ Summit came to San Francisco last week, and it was a good chance to hear some important contributors to bio-inspired design...
A failed attempt at making a special adhesive resulted in the accidental creation of a vegetable oil-based adhesive that can be used to make duct tape, stick-on notes, labels and more.
A new framework, "The Living Principles," aims to help bring sustainability to design in all its many forms, from products to companies to systems of commerce.
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