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1/ 🌊 A biological material that gets stronger when wet could replace plastics! A new study by IBEC and SUTD shows how water can actually boost a material’s strength. 🧵

#NousICREAs2025 | El Javier Gómez de l' @ibecbarcelona.eu desenvolupa materials i sistemes de fabricació inspirats en la natura per crear solucions sostenibles per 🩺a la medicina 🏭la indústria 🌕i fins i tot, futures bases fora de la Terra. short.do/x_01sJ

New video! I explain our @aip-publishing.bsky.social article: “On #Mars as it is on Earth: #Bioinspired technologies for #sustainability on Earth are paving the way for a new era of #space exploration.” 🚀🌱 🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/khcz8rMQIIg 📖 Read here: pubs.aip.org/aip/apm/arti...

Accidentally found one of the simplest ways to explain why our work on #biological and #bioinspired #materials… in a YouTube video about motorcycles. Leather obliterates everything else at keeping skin where it belongs. Sometimes, #nature is just unbeatable. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwuR...

Characterizing a new generation of simultaneously structural and insulating materials based on the principles of biological manufacturing. 🌱♻️ doi.org/10.1016/j.su... #sustainability #materials #biomimetic #manufacturing #technology #research #academicSky

We just released an affordable, fully biodegradable, and biocompatible electrical ink! For monitoring any biological systems—whether it’s tracking limb movements, heart pulsations, or larynx activity during speech. #Innovation #Biotech #Science doi.org/10.1039/D4TB... www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyjF...

On the cover of @AdvPortfolio a new fabrication paradigm enabling the production of metallic structures through internal aggregation using biological processes at ambient conditions, without heat or pressure. #Sustainability #3Dprinting #insect #material

#3DPrinting metal at room temperature using a plastic syringe #SustainableStrategy #biomimetic https://youtu.be/Evu0ffDoinY?si=CqpQYC5bp3Ty13Bl

Inspired by nature, these scientists shape metal without heat https://www.techno-science.net/en/news/inspired-by-nature-these-scientists-shape-metal-without-heat-N25523.html

Room temperature metalworking inspired by insects and crab shells https://newatlas.com/materials/room-temperature-metalworking-insects-crab-shells/ #Science #Materials #Sustainability #Bioinspired

We’ve replicated how arthropods build their exoskeletons to create large metallic objects. This new metalworking allows using #natural #materials in #electronics and fabricating components like #battery electrodes at room temperature and using only water....

"On #Mars as it is on Earth: #Bioinspired technologies for sustainability on Earth are paving the way for a new era of #space exploration." The Biomaterial Age is not a return to our roots but a leap forward to a new technological age....

El primer vuelo de la mariposa inspira una nueva fuente de energía https://www.europapress.es/ciencia/laboratorio/noticia-primer-vuelo-mariposa-inspira-nueva-fuente-energia-20230731111810.html

The butterfly’s first flight inspires a new way to produce force and electricity https://youtu.be/9THXlvkbeYY #bioinspired #science #materials #Sustainability

Redefining the scientific method thru the eyes of a machine: researchers unravel cell #biology through artificial intelligence. #AI #MachineLearning #CellBiology @PLOSONE https://bioengineer.org/sutd-researchers-unravel-cell-biology-through-artificial-intelligence/

Interpreting the world from the eyes of a #machine. We just used an #AI to define #reality, eliminating the last human factor of the #scientific method and demonstrating one of the most basic principles of cell #biology using a non-human...

It is surprisingly gratifying to find your own work mentioned when reading national sustainability plans and documents for policymakers (This one for the @UKParliament). The taste of real impact, very different from its scientific...

Using microorganisms to appraise water quality within minutes https://envirotecmagazine.com/2021/08/30/using-microorganisms-to-monitor-water-quality-within-minutes/ via @envirotecmag

Congratulations Dr. Das! The long journey to her PhD ended today with her public (and socially distanced) defense on the geometrical and environmental control of stem cell differentiation.

It is a quite symbolic achievement when your work moves beyond the scientific realm and starts to be cited by policymakers. https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/future-transitions-bioeconomy-towards-sustainable-development-and-climate-neutral-economy-knowledge

"Mimicking mechanical properties of tissues to shed light on #cancer cell behavior and migration" Excellent work by Jyothsna!! @sutdsg https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/mimicking-mechanical-properties-of-tissues-to-shed-light-on-cancer-cell-behaviour-and-migration/

Tools for Mars are being developed in preparation for colonization https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/mars-chitin great article from @derekberes on our last work on circular manufacturing.

For those asking: -Yes, it is. No astronaut should be in Mars unaccompanied. - "Saving Earth instead of going to Mars" would be the best option... if it wasn't because our work is about "Saving Earth AND going to Mars". Read the paper in PLoS ONE. Then:...

Mars habitats could be made from a substance found in fish scales https://mol.im/a/8740001 via @MailOnline (@Phil_A_Ment on its way to space ;) )

This is how we should build on Mars, scientists say: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/16/world/mars-building-material-scn/index.html #Mars #Mars2020 #Biotechnology #shrilk #Space #jgfermart

We've demonstrated that #3Dprinting has reached the geometric accuracy enabling it to talk to #stemcells and ask them to differentiate into specific lineages, such as the beating #heart cells in the video: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-08/suot-src081120.php#3Dprinting#stemcells#heartutdsg

I had a sustainable materials joke, but it is gone now.

A few months ago, I was interviewed by @Nature for a special on juggling science and parenting (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01060-x). This picture never did it to the final version (the one wich did was way more realistic), but I love it, so I'm just leaving it here....

Computer vision and object tracking can help understand #microorganisms and discover some of their most subtle behaviors. Stay tune for the follow up! (Full article: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/admt.202000152#microorganisms

The #newnormal can be (and must be) #sustainable. Thanks to LaGomez for the amazing upcycled face masks!

Do you need a microscopic robot, with a battery charging from the environment, and extreme mobility? Nature has your solution! Is called "Paramecium" 😉https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/admt.202000152

"The Biomaterial Age", originally presented at @materials_MRS a year ago, is a #mustread to understand the work of the Fermart Lab and the role of #bioinspired #engineering in #sustainable development. https://www.cell.com/matter/fulltext/S2590-2385(20)30180-6#.Xte4k4xm4ak.twitter

Surprisingly the @wef just published and article from @maynotbecool saying that an Australian kid invented #Shrilk, and apparently got bunch of awards for appropriating my research. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/05/australian-biodegradable-plastic-prawn-shells/

The Pursued, the Pursuing, and Unconscious Prestige Bias https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S259023852030179X

Difficult times. The Fermart Lab is closing to prevent the spread of #COVID19. It is sad to put an emergency brake on years of work and inertia. Now, more than ever, it is clear that another way of #development is necessary. We will come back.

Countries cant get #supplies due to "piracy" or inability to cope with demand. We just published a path to self #sustainable #circular regions anywhere, integrating general #manufacturing in every #ecological cycle. No more transport, no more bottlenecks....

Singaporean research details the 3D printing of chitinous bio-composites https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/singaporean-research-details-the-3d-printing-of-chitinous-bio-composites-170484

"The process presented allows for the first time a general route to embed manufacturing within its surrounding ecosystem," https://anthropocenemagazine.org/2020/03/67853/ via @AnthropoceneMag #waste #BSF #circulareconomy #plasticpollution

Maybe #COVID-19 is an opportunity to rethink alternative #SupplyChain, the downsides of #globalization, and the measures we can take as a group under a global thread, such as an ecological collapse… we have some answers:...

Plastic Crisis? No Problem, FLAM Is Coming With Bonus 3-D Printing https://cleantechnica.com/2020/03/15/plastic-crisis-no-problem-flam-is-coming-with-bonus-3-d-printing/ (Full scientific article at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-61664-1)

Not #COVID19 related, but we just published the link between urban waste and general-purpose manufacturing, key to building closed regional manufacturing in any ecosystem. The missing piece to a generalizable #CircularEconomy was #bioinspired...

For first time in my academic career, none of the anonymous student evaluations talks about my accent… next year algebra will be imparted in Spanish and will be combined with flamenco classes.

It is an honor to be selected as one of top global innovators for a more sustainable development. https://globalshakers.com/world-shakers/javier-g-fernandez/ #biodegradable #biomaterials #bioplastics, #plasticpollution #plasticsolutions #plasticwaste

This is what we do at the Fermart's Lab #Beyondplastic #plasticpollution #Plastic #ecology #sutd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6_vaI1_LNQ

Something is changing when the most accessed article in #materials sciences in 2018 is the first #sustainable material that can compete with #plastic in terms of cost, versatility, and scalability… building the foundation of #CircularEconomy . #SREPTop100...

Eat Your Food, and the Package Too. National Geographic talking about #shrilk and our work on biological #materials https://on.natgeo.com/2Nh7vUI#shrilk#materialsia @NatGeo #circulareconomy #Sustainability If you want to know more visit our exhibition on the biomaterial revolution at @sutdsg

Tomorrow (Tuesday 27) at 8.15am we'll present our -#material driven- revolution in #sustainability and #CircularEconomy in a talk called "The Biomaterial Age" at BI01 #F18MRS

#FLAM was awarded with the #purmundus innovation award at the #formnext 2018 for bringing (true) #Sustainability to #3Dprinting. A revolution in #manufacturing and #circulareconomy through biological #materials.

Something big is coming... #Shrilk #FLAM #biomaterials