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- 12/12/2022
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UA researchers’ focus on tire traction leads to investigation of polar bear paws
Research investigates what makes it possible for some arctic animals to walk and run across the ice so effortlessly and gracefully without slipping and falling.
- 09/04/2021
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UA professor putting $1 million biomimicry grant to work — on snakes
Crain's Cleveland interviews Dr. Henry Astley, assistant professor in both the Department of Biology and the School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, about the ways in which he plans to use his five-year NSF CAREER grant to expand biomimicry research on snake locomotion.
- 09/04/2021
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Great Lakes Biomimicry merges with the Ohio Aerospace Institute
Will continue to support innovation by looking to natural systems for solutions to current challenges in aviation.
- 05/20/2021
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UA announces the launch of AkronArts
The bold plan calls for re-imagining University arts programs for community revitalization. - 05/20/2021
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UA researchers resolve fundamental issues explaining gecko adhesion
The recent work, “Direct evidence of acid-base interactions in gecko adhesion,” has addressed the confounding evidence that has been difficult to explain since the discovery of van der Waals forces controlling adhesion.
- 02/25/2020
- Can hedgehogs help protect heads? Local startup designs helmets inspired by hedgehog quills
- 01/31/2020
- How an Akron company is using a hedgehog to help solve football's concussion problem: Game Changers
- 12/02/2019 A Close Look at a Sticky Situation
- 11/26/2019
- Harvesting fog can provide fresh water in desert regions
- 10/29/2019
- UA professor says snakes are key to better-moving robots
- 10/25/2019
- Spiders, Quantum Supremacy, Missouri Runoff. Oct 25, 2019, Part 1
- 09/30/2019 Bird feathers inspire research on structural colors
- 09/30/2019
- Local UN Youth Climate Summit Rep Wants to Bring Better Version to Northeast Ohio
- 09/27/2019
- BRIC represented at international conference this week
- 09/25/2019 Projects from UA colleagues among Knight Arts Challenge winners
- 09/03/2019
- Remora-inspired suction disk mimics fish's adhesion ability, offers evolutionary insight
- 08/26/2019 Learn about interdisciplinary research being conducted by Biomimicry Fellows
- 08/15/2019
- It Turns Out You Can Photosynthesize In Dark Caves
- 08/14/2019
- Knight Foundation Announces 2019 Arts Challenge Akron Finalists
- 08/11/2019
- How hedgehogs might make football safer
- 08/11/2019
- Avon Lake is prepared for summer algal blooms
- 08/07/2019 First Steps: Biomimicry professor awarded NSF EAGER grant to study mechanics of underwater walking
- 08/05/2019 Brazilian delegation inspired by biomimicry in Northeast Ohio
- 08/04/2019
- Wooster Science Café returns for sixth year
- 07/26/2019
- Extraordinarily ordinary: Mucus glands and mucus in the sticky toes of tree frogs
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