Bioinspiration & Biomimetics latest papers

• Design and analysis of a bending–torsion coupled bio-inspired claw attachment mechanism for variable-diameter curved surfaces 11. November 2026
  Reliable aerial perching on variable-diameter curved surfaces requires both sufficient grasping preload and conformal interfacial contact, whereas conventional underactuated bird-claw-inspired mechanisms primarily accommodate in-plane geometric variations and therefore have limited adaptability to surfaces with spatially varying curvature. This study presents a bending–torsion coupled bird-claw-inspired attachment mechanism for variable-diameter curved surfaces. The key design combines direction-selective […]
  Zhouyi Wang, Wei Zhao, Chaofu Zhang, Liuwei Wang, Weiming Li and Aihong Ji
• Cooperative propulsion in multi-scale V-shaped fish schools 11. November 2026
  Multi-scale biomimetic fish propulsion CFD models were established to investigate how formation arrangement affects propulsive efficiency and energy transfer. Inspired by avian V-shaped formations, several representative configurations were designed, and dynamic mesh techniques were used to simulate upstream swimming under incoming-flow conditions. By varying individual arrangement, the analysis was extended from single fish to collective […]
  Jinghan Lin, Mingming Wang, Jing Sun and Chunying Shen
• Perturbed gait reveals hierarchical muscle control: reorganisation of co-contraction shares of distal muscles amid stable global synergies 11. November 2026
  Adaptive gait control under external perturbations requires coordinated modulation of both local muscle activation and global muscular organisation. To capture these multi-level adaptations, this study integrates co-contraction share analysis, which characterises distributed muscle contributions beyond conventional antagonist-pair co-activation indices, with principal component analysis (PCA) as an analytical framework for examining electromyographic (EMG) responses to frontal–plane […]
  Smilja Stokanović, Omid Mohseni, Maziar A Sharbafi, André Seyfarth, Heike Vallery and Nadica Miljković

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Nature Journal

• Author or just ‘acknowledged’? How women are not gaining full credit for research 11. November 2026
  Nature, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03448-7An analysis of who is more likely to get authorship than acknowledgement highlights the influence of a researcher’s gender and status.
  Anna Napolitano
• Retractions of old papers are on the rise: when should bad science be culled? 11. November 2026
  Nature, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03624-9Decades-old papers are increasingly being pulled from the literature, bringing a host of challenges.
  Dyani Lewis
• Biotech innovations are an opportunity to limit climate change 11. November 2026
  Nature, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03621-yAgricultural biotechnology once found itself in opposition to environmental science. Now it could reduce the impact of food systems on global warming and biodiversity loss.

Biomimicry 3.8

• Synapse: Spark Biomimicry Ideas 26. August 2019
  Synapse by Biomimicry 3.8 is an environment for our staff to share their expertise and thought leadership in biomimicry with the world. It’s our way of inviting you to join us […] The post Synapse: Spark Biomimicry Ideas appeared first on Biomimicry 3.8.
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• Beautiful News South Africa implements Biomimicry into Town Design 27. June 2018
  “For us to coexist with nature I think we really need to humble ourselves and learn from nature,” Swain says. As the founder of the NPO BioWise, she uses biomimicry […] The post Beautiful News South Africa implements Biomimicry into Town Design appeared first on Biomimicry 3.8.
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• Impressive Impact: 2016-2018 Cohort Grads Ready to Lead 24. April 2018
  The newest set of Certified Biomimicry Professionals graduated during a ceremony in Kona, Hawaii The post Impressive Impact: 2016-2018 Cohort Grads Ready to Lead appeared first on Biomimicry 3.8.
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