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Bioinspiration and Biomimicry in Lifestyle

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Biomimetics is a new language that enables man to have effective communication with nature. Every human being encounters biomimetic products in normal daily lives, but they are not often recognized as such issues! From a biomimetic point of view, every phenomenon in nature is a source of inspiration to improve human life quality. The human lifestyle undergoes fundamental changes arising from the influence of biomimicry and bioinspiration in technology, health, art, and education. Nature seems to have the best solutions for everything. Every aspect of human life would be seriously affected by the emergence of new bioinspired tools, methods and capabilities at every scale from nano to macro and beyond. Biomimetics is a leading paradigm for the development of new technologies that potentially facilitate human lives. Expanding medical investigation to new bioinspired approaches accelerates innovations in healthcare. Art, education and architecture also gain considerable benefits from the revolution that biomimicry introduces into the human lifestyle. Nature knows best; by learning from its powerful lessons, we can model innovative strategies to successfull and fulfilling personal life.

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Acknowledgments

This investigation is supported by Iran National Science Foundation (INSF) and the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IBB) University of Tehran. Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Research Center of Iran (CCERCI) and Kharazmi University are gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Faculty of Chemistry, Kharazmi University, 15719-14911, Tehran, Iran

    Sedigheh Abedanzadeh

  2. Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IBB), University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

    Sedigheh Abedanzadeh & Maryam Nourisefat

  3. Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Research Center of Iran, Tehran, Iran

    Zainab Moosavi-Movahedi

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Abedanzadeh, S., Nourisefat, M., Moosavi-Movahedi, Z. (2021). Bioinspiration and Biomimicry in Lifestyle. In: Rationality and Scientific Lifestyle for Health. University of Tehran Science and Humanities Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74326-0_2

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