Termites and Climate Control
An African skyscraper built in 2007 features a unique climate-control system inspired by the gigantic termite mounds found in the Zimbabwean bush.
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Five Products From a Famous Multinational — Nature
A growing number of scientists, ecologists and entrepreneurs have begun to incorporate 'biomimicry' across a vast spectrum of enterprises.
The Largest Solar Water Heater Plant is in … Denmark?
A windswept Danish island shows that solar power needn't be the sole province of sunnier climes.
An Iodine Chaser
In the capricious world of nuclear waste, a scientist focuses on promising technologies for the capture and storage of the maddeningly elusive iodine-129.
Itchy? You’ve Got Some Nerve
Researchers studying itchy mice determine that separate neurons deliver sensations for itchiness and pain.
That’s a Nice Crop Of Teeth You Got There
Growing a new tooth in the jawbone of a mouse provides the first fully functional organ grown in any animal by transplanting so-called 'germ cells.'
Surely Some Flora Out There Can Fuel My Car
While the corn ethanol bubble has pretty much popped, serious efforts to find an economically sound and carbon-smart biological-based fuel continue.
Brain’s Indiana Joneses Search for Empathy
Empathy is more than an item on a prospective Supreme Court nominee's résumé; it's a core human trait. But where inside the brain might it arise?
New Rat Species Nose Their Way Into Menageries
Even as species disappear at an accelerating rate, intrepid researchers are finding rodents previously unknown to science.
Working Mice Spun From Skin Cells
In demonstrating that embryonic stem cells may not be the experimental bottleneck as they are often seen, researchers have created live mice from mouse skin.