Pine cones are pretty smart for things with no brains, enough so that scientists have copied them to create a unique window ...

Researchers have created a novel, energy-independent facade system that passively responds to weather changes.

Using pine cones as a model, researchers at the universities of Stuttgart and Freiburg have developed a new, ...

Scientists at the universities of Stuttgart and Freiburg have developed an amazing shading system for buildings that adjusts ...

Take the bottom part of the circle and roll it into a cone. Image caption, STEP 2: Unroll it and fold the shape in half vertically. Use a ruler to draw along the fold, then shade half of the shape ...

Take the bottom part of the circle and roll it into a cone. Image caption, STEP 2: Unroll it and fold the shape in half vertically. Use a ruler to draw along the fold, then shade half of the shape ...

"We are achieving a shading system that opens and closes autonomously in response to changes in the ... biobased cellulose fibers and 4D-printing them into a bilayered structure inspired by the scales ...