Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Shedding Light on Life
Advances in optical microscopy reveal biological processes as they unfold. Full article @ Harvard Magazine. Check out the videos too. Thanks to Erik Wennstrom for the link!
Microtubules (green) and clathrin-coated pits (red). The pits are indentations in a cell’s surface that mediate certain extracellular interactions.
Labels: life, technology
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
'Spider-man' suit secret revealed
"Natural technology used by spiders and geckos could help a human climb the side of a building or hang upside down from a roof, the analysis suggests". Full Story @ BBC NEWS | Science/Nature
Labels: biomimetics, technology
