How Biomimicry Leads to New Discoveries
Disciplines such as bionics and biomimetics take inspiration from the natural world to tackle human problems, leading to new findings in physics, engineering, and technology.
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018 – The Evolutionary Tale of Enzymes and Antibodies
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018 was awarded to Frances H. Arnold, George P. Smith and Sir Gregory P. Winter for their research on optimised enzymes through 'directed evolution'.
Energy storage, rare metals and the next ice age
The holy grail of energy storage may lie in chemical bonds, but a process for making this happen remains unknown. All of the Nobel Laureates who weighed in yesterday on a chemical energy conversion panel agreed on this much. “Replacement of liquid fossil fuels is still in far reach,” said moderator Wolfgang Lubitz, director of […]