Bionic City
By Melissa Sterry | Biomimetics, Biotechnology & Biology for the Built Environment
Parallel Worlds
The microbiology of Four Marks” Pond forms the basis of this workThese works explore the basis of the reality of the world that we see through our …
ScienceNew study shows that three quarters of deep-sea animals make their own light | Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News
Ever since explorer William Beebe descended into the depths in a metal sphere in the 1930s, marine biologists have been astounded by the number and …
Link About It: Urine Converted to Electricity at Glastonbury Festival
Thanks to electro-active micro-organisms that feed on elements in urine and then produce electrons, bio-engineers at Bristol Robotics Lab have found a way to turn pee into electricity. A fuel cell pack developed by the scientists currently feeds on two liters of urine and, in turn, produces 30 to …
GlastonburyStructure grown from "mushroom sausages" shows potential for zero-waste architecture
Brunel University student Aleksi Vesaluoma has developed a technique for using mushroom mycelium as an environmentally friendly construction material.<p>…
AA Design & Make students test the limits of timber in tensile woodland canopy
A sculptural, tensile timber canopy has been constructed in Dorset woodland by five students from the Architectural Association as part of the …
ConstructionThe Cephalo-Inspired Technology Of The Future
Cephalopods have an array of fascinating—and bizarre—features. Researchers have seen octopuses sprint across ocean floors on two arms; flamboyant …
The BacterioEncephalon: a quorum sensing-based bacterial computer
This is a living and wet computer thats basis is bacterial quorum sensing. This type bacterial cell-to-cell communication enables bacterial cells to …
BiologyCities should be studied as evolutionary hotspots, says biologist
Animals and birds evolve more quickly in urban environments than in remote habitats, Cheltenham science festival is told<p>Foxes loitering around rubbish bins and pigeons roosting in train stations: urban animals are widely regarded as the dregs of the natural world.<p>However, according to biologist …
BirdsWhy whales are back in New York City
The Cetaceans are back in town.<p>It is a perfect June day. After seemingly weeks of rainy gray skies, an early morning shower has given way to sunshine. White, puffy cumulus clouds hang in the sky, still, as if doodled onto the blue background. Despite the fact that the waters along this stretch of …
OceansNew poll reveals London’s city-dwellers love nature – but don’t get enough of it
Thursday 1st June 2017<p>30 Days Wild challenge from London Wildlife Trust helps people enjoy nature every day<p>A new poll of 226 people living in London …
EcologyBringing nature back to cities is good for plants, animals and humans
The North Saskatchewan River winds through the center of Edmonton, its waters and the surrounding landscape forming a green spine that spreads a …
CitiesLights Out for the Texas Skyscraper That Caused Hundreds of Songbird Deaths
Last night the 32-story American National Insurance skyscraper in Galveston, Texas, elected not to turn its floodlights on for the first time in …
GCR - Innovation - How a blue Peruvian butterfly may help develop the perfect solar cell
How a blue Peruvian butterfly may help develop the perfect solar cell<p><b>19 May 2017 | By GCR Staff</b> 0 Comments<p>Research into why a Peruvian butterfly is …
Clean EnergyUK's rarest plants at risk of extinction as road verges become their final refuge
Some of the UK's rarest plants are at risk of extinction unless action is taken to look after the road verges that have become their final refuge, it has been warned.<p>Species such as fen ragwort and wood calamint are now only found on road verges, with fen ragwort hanging on in just one native spot …
Royal College of Art launches masters degrees in environmental architecture and city design
<b>Dezeen promotion:</b> London's RCA has launched two new 15-month MA programmes in environmental architecture and city design starting in September …
Microsoft Has a Plan to Add DNA Data Storage to Its Cloud
Based on early research involving the storage of movies and documents in DNA, Microsoft is developing an apparatus that uses biology to replace tape …
DNABuilt-Out Barcelona Makes Space for an Urban Forest
The city is planning a major green makeover to combat the heat island and create a more welcoming place for humans and animals alike.<p>When a city needs green space, but it’s all out of room, what can it do?<p>It’s an issue that many older, denser cities are facing as they try to make themselves more …
TS3 HIGH PASS COMMENDATION 2017
12 May 2017<br>Architectural Association, London<p>The Living Roof: A Technological Emancipation for Jakarta’s Urban Kampung<p>With the world’s steepest rates …
Algaerium Bioprinter and Algae Printing
<b>Marin Sawa</b><p>Modern algal biotechnology is largely motivated by technocracy in response to food and energy crises. This biotechnological work seeks the …
Can Plants Hear?
Pseudoscientific claims that music helps plants grow have been made for decades, despite evidence that is shaky at best. Yet new research suggests …
Thought for the Day #2: Evolution isn’t a destination; it’s a process
The intelligence of living systems teaches us a very different story of change and how to navigate it. In many of the oldest, living macro species we …
Ecosistema Urbano envisions bioclimatic domes for West Palm Beach
Madrid studio Ecosistema Urbano has won first place in a competition to revamp the waterfront of Florida's West Palm Beach, with a proposal for domed …
Nearly 400 birds killed after flying into Texas skyscraper in storm
Nashville and Blackburnian warblers among birds of more than 20 species that hit American National Building, possibly after mistaking lights for moon or sun<p>Nearly 400 migratory birds of brilliant plumage were killed when they smashed into an office tower in Texas while flying in a storm, officials …
BirdsImagine London as a National Park City
Imagine that London becomes the world’s first National Park City. This large-scale and long-term vision has the potential to transform how Londoners …
estudio invasivo's la piel installation for sesiones arquetípicas in chile
<b>as part of the informal ‘sesiones arquetípicas’ workshop taking place in chile, the architectural group estudio invasivo has completed a sculptural</b> …
ArchitectureNew biodegradable semiconductor could make e-waste a thing of the past
50 million tons of electronics are expected to be trashed this year, according to a United Nations Environment Program report. A Stanford University …