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Digital cameras with designs inspired by the arthropod eye (www.nature.com)
Researchers mimic biology to make a better, 'buggy' microphone (www.insidescience.org)
Moth-eye structured mold using sputtered glassy carbon layer for large-scale applications (www.sciencedirect.com)
How cicada wings kill bacteria (asknature.org)

The role of random nanostructures for the omnidirectional anti-reflection properties of the glasswing butterfly (www.nature.com)

Tough adhesives for diverse wet surfaces (www.science.org)

Skeeter: Flapping wing micro-drone (www.animal-dynamics.com)

Soil erosion by nature (biomimicry.org)

The algorithms inspired by the honey bee (www.prnewswire.com)

Underwater robot resonates with Aurelia aurita jellyfish (www.theengineer.co.uk)

Biomimetic carbon tube aerogel enables super-elasticity and thermal insulation (www.cell.com)

An electric-eel-inspired soft power source from stacked hydrogels (www.nature.com)

Camel’s nose strategy: New innovative architectural application for desert buildings (www.sciencedirect.com)

Proposed Nasa mission employs 'lobster-eye' optics to locate source of cosmic ripples (www.nasa.gov)

Multifunctionality and mechanical origins: Ballistic jaw propulsion in trap-jaw ants (www.pnas.org)

Golden Goose Award: The blood of the horseshoe crab (www.goldengooseaward.org)
Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of Factor C cDNA from the Singapore horseshoe crab (www.researchgate.net)

Hierarchical structure of Arapaima gigas scales (www.researchgate.net)
Arapaima fish scale: One of the toughest flexible biological materials (www.cell.com)

Bird wings act as a suspension system that rejects gusts (royalsocietypublishing.org)

Manta rays feed using ricochet separation (advances.sciencemag.org)

The genius of the cicada wing (www.australasianscience.com.au)
Decoding the chemistry behind cicadas' bacteria-killing wings (www.chemistryworld.com)

Percy Shaw's 'cat's eyes' (www.ypsyork.org)

Electrothermal soft manipulator enabling safe transport and handling of thin cell/tissue sheets and bioelectronic devices (www.science.org)
Octopus-inspired sucker transfers thin, delicate tissue grafts and biosensors (news.illinois.edu)
How octopus suckers work (scienceblogs.com)

Bioinspired phase-separated disordered nanostructures for thin photovoltaic absorbers (advances.sciencemag.org)

Marine sponges inspire the next generation of skyscrapers and bridges (www.sciencedaily.com)

EcoStp (biomimicry.org)

Mechanics of movement and the Mantis shrimp (pateklab.biology.duke.edu)

Development of a novel wasp-inspired friction based tissue transportation device (www.frontiersin.org)
The wasp that lays eggs inside caterpillars (www.wired.com)
Parasitoid wasps may be the most diverse animal group

Hedgehogs and preventing concussions (www.inverse.com)
Hedgemon: A hedgehog-inspired helmet liner (etd.ohiolink.edu)

Gel layer inspired by camel fur could keep food and medicines cool (www.newscientist.com)
The future of cooling (www.iea.org)

Squid teeth could help make bioplastics and self-repairing clothes (institutions.newscientist.com)

The robotic arm inspired by the elephant's trunk (sites.psu.edu)

Unpicking the signal thread of the sector web spider (royalsocietypublishing.org)
The spider's ‘signal threads’ could lead to advances in remote sensing technology (ceramics.org)
The antibiotic spider silk that heals wounds (www.sciencealert.com)

What gives the Morpho butterfly its magnificent blue? (www.kqed.org)

Improved ‘peacock’ technology could 'lock in' color for high-res displays (news.umich.edu)
How peacocks and butterfly wings have solved the problem of iridescent colour (archive.jncc.gov.uk)

How ant life provides a useful model for learning (www.ted.com)
A new routing algorithm for communications networks (www.researchgate.net)

Fetal surgery stands to advance from new glues inspired by mussels (news.berkeley.edu)
Mussel-inspired glue could one day make fetal surgery safer (www.acs.org)

The butterfly house that mimics the structure of the insects' eggs (www.dezeen.com)

How sound waves 'can help' early tsunami detection
Can whales predict tsunamis? (www.theguardian.com)

Robotic bat's flight characteristics (phys.org)
A robotic platform to study the flight of bats (robotics.sciencemag.org)

How wind-turbine placement increases output (www.caltech.edu)

Bombardier spray cans (www.thenakedscientists.com)
The bombardier beetle's explosion-induced defensive spray pulsation (science.sciencemag.org)

Flexible secrets of how bats fly
The human-powered ornithopter's first flight (news.engineering.utoronto.ca)

Bird-friendly glass makes UK debut (www.architectsjournal.co.uk)
Bird-friendly glass: case study (toolbox.biomimicry.org)

Whales' flippers: Application of bio-inspired technology (academic.oup.com)
Whale-inspired wind turbines (www.technologyreview.com)
Endangered species: The humpback-whale (www.endangered.org)

Better than duct tape (www.sciencemag.org)
Human climbing with gecko-inspired dry adhesives (royalsocietypublishing.org)

High-tech spider for hazardous missions (www.fraunhofer.de)

Surface micropattern limits bacterial contamination (aricjournal.biomedcentral.com)
Shark-inspired surface reduces bacterial growth (asknature.org)

How an albatross robot took flight (news.mit.edu)
Biomimicry: engineering in nature’s style (www.airbus.com)

Mimicking a beetle provides water in the desert (www.theengineer.co.uk)
Water collection by a moisture-harvesting lizard (jeb.biologists.org)

The beaver-inspired wetsuit (news.mit.edu)
How otters are inspiring wetsuits (www.csmonitor.com)

The Moroccan flic-flac spider (www.strangeanimals.info)
Festo's fantastical robots inspired by animals and insects (edition.cnn.com)

The Antarctic notothenioid fishes (www.openaccessgovernment.org)
Nature's anti-freeze (jncc.defra.gov.uk)
The structural modelling of antifreeze protein (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

Why termites build such tall skyscrapers
Five air-conditioning ideas from nature (news.nationalgeographic.com)
Mick Pearce: Eastgate (www.mickpearce.com)

The glue derived from clinging mussels (www.livescience.com)
How mussels inspired glue that sticks despite water (www.futurity.org)

Light extraction in the lantern of a Photuris firefly (proxy.osapublishing.org)
Scientists mimic fireflies to make brighter LEDs (www.sciencedaily.com)

How echolocation allows people to see without using their eyes (www.smithsonianmag.com)
Flight, food and echolocation (www.bats.org.uk)
Using bat sonar to help the blind navigate their surroundings (jncc.defra.gov.uk)

Woodpecker's head inspires shock absorbers (www.newscientist.com)
Woodpecker inspires bike helmet (www.bbc.com)

Four keys to piercing skin without hurting (news.osu.edu)
How mosquito bites help create the ideal injection needle (www.deingenieur.nl)
How mosquitoes use six needles to suck your blood (www.kqed.org)

Adaptive optoelectronic camouflage systems (www.pnas.org)
Eight octopus-inspired technologies (www.livescience.com)
Camouflage and display for soft machines (science.sciencemag.org)
Harvard's soft, self-camouflaging robot (scitechdaily.com)

Designing the Sanyo Shinkansen 500-series bulltet train (issuu.com)
The story of Eiji Nakatsu (www.japanfs.org)