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But according to a study published today in the Royal Society Open Science, wrinkles on elephants’ trunks can reveal the left or right “trunkedness” of the majestic animals. The Humboldt ...
Shah’s hidden camera photos reveal unseen details of familiar animals: mazes of elephant wrinkles, the shaggy geometry of a zebra’s belly, a warthog’s ecstatic expression as a family of ...
Mimicking the heat-regulating ability of an elephant's skin, the bumpy fungus-based tiles improved cooling rates by as much ...
The National Museum of Natural History recently spruced up its iconic African elephant mount, which has greeted visitors since 1959 ...
A team of scientists have developed ‘fungi tiles’ that could one day help to bring the heat down in buildings without consuming energy. These wall tiles are made from a new biomaterial combining fungi ...
A team of scientists in Singapore has taken an unusual step in that direction. Drawing inspiration from elephant skin, ...
Oyster mushrooms and repurposed bamboo furniture scraps may be an unlikely combination for a tough building material, but ...
NTU scientists, in collaboration with local ecology and biomimicry design firm bioSEA, have developed ‘fungi tiles’ that could help cool buildings down without consuming energy.