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1. A better fake leather

A better fake leather, inspired by plantsCOLUMBUS, Ohio—If you’ve ever stained your favorite leather-look jacket or had to peel your bare legs from a sticky vinyl car seat in the summer, the solution to your woes just might be found on the surface of a lotus leaf. Researchers at The Ohio State University have previously used a nano-engineered texture based on the fuzzy leaves to dev...

Indian scientists discover Nano coating for synthetic leather in Ohio State University labs - Times of IndiaScience News: ROPAR: A team composing two Indian scientists, including an IIT Ropar alumnus, have made huge progress in the field of Nanotechnology while carrying o.

2. Painless mosquito-inspired microneedles

Looking to mosquitoes for a way to develop painless microneedlesA mosquito can insert a needle-like probe into your skin and draw blood for several minutes without you even noticing. Researchers at The Ohio State University believe we can learn from nature’s design of the mosquito to create a painless microneedle for medical purposes. “Mosquitoes must be doing something right if they can pierce our ski...

Ohio State researchers looking at mosquitoes to develop painless needlesResearchers at the Ohio State University are studying to mosquitoes in an effort to develop painless needles for medical purposes.

IIT experts take cue from mosquitoes for painless jab - Times of IndiaScience News: PATIALA: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar, in collaboration with scholars at Ohio State University in the United States, .

3. Nature-inspired water collection from air

Collecting clean water from air, inspired by desert lifeHumans can get by in the most basic of shelters, can scratch together a meal from the most humble of ingredients. But we can’t survive without clean water. And in places where water is scarce—the world’s deserts, for example—getting water to people requires feats of engineering and irrigation that can be cumbersome and expensive. A pair of ne...

Make Clean Water Out Of Air - KCBS Radio: On-Demand - Omny.fmThe most vital thing a human needs is clean water. But in some parts of the world that's not that easy to come by. Now a pair of recent studies is looking for solutions from nature and how life can survive in the desert despite limited access to water. KCBS Radio's Stan Bunger and Susan Leigh Taylor spoke with Bharat Bhusan, a study co-author and Ohio State Professor of Mechanical Engineering.

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