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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.
- 10/28/2018
- UA professor uses movie monsters to teach biology
- 10/23/2018 Researcher to reveal energy-saving ‘Living Wall System’ at Bath Nature Preserve
- 10/22/2018 Feathers, filaments and physics: Scientist studies mechanics of birds’ nests
- 09/27/2018
- Laser cut, 3D printed spectrometers
- 09/26/2018 You can help solve Lake Erie's harmful algal bloom problem with University of Akron spectrometers
- 09/21/2018 UA startup companies have raised $4.2 million in 2018
- 09/13/2018
- Does a Hedgehog hold the key to Reducing Head Injury Risk?
- 08/31/2018 Lake Erie’s toughest challenges tackled by doctoral students
- 08/31/2018 'SYNAPSE SERIES' CONNECTS ART AND SCIENCE HERE AT UA
- 08/30/2018 Biomimicry Fellow Lamalani Siverts Rolls Out Biomimicry Portion of Camp Bioscience
- 08/23/2018 BIOMIMICRY FELLOW BANAFSHEH KHAKIPOOR INSTRUCTS STEM SUMMER CAMP
- 08/09/2018 THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL BIOMIMICRY SYMPOSIUM FEATURES UA EXPERTS
- 07/26/2018 BRIC PI PETER NIEWIAROWSKI PRESENTS AT ISSS2018 CONFERENCE
- 07/20/2018 BRIC FACULTY HUNTER KING QUOTED IN POPULAR SCIENCE ARTICLE ON TERMITES
- 06/26/2018 BIOMIMICRY FELLOW SARAH HAN WINS FIRST PLACE IN STUDENT COMPETITION AT AMERICAN ARACHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY MEETING
- 06/13/2018 REPRESENTATIVES OF BRIC AND ORGANIZATIONAL PARTNERS PRESENT AT ECHO18 CONFERENCE
- 06/08/2018 PETRA GRUBER CO-LEADS ‘BREATHING SKINS’ WORKSHOP IN BERLIN
- 06/07/2018 REPRESENTATIVES OF BRIC VISIT GEORGIA TECH BIOMIMICRY LABS
- 06/05/2018
- UAKRON’S BIOMIMICRY-BASED STARTUP HEDGEMON JOINS 2018 FLASHSTARTS ACCELERATOR
- 06/05/2018 RESEARCH ON SPIDER GLUE RESOLVES STICKY PROBLEM
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