Taking inspiration from nature, tackling nature

Nature as a Source of Inspiration of Architectural Conceptual Design

From the beginning of creation, human being was surrounded by nature. Everything in nature is well organized and in harmony with the other parts of it. Through the history, nature has been always a source of inspiration for the human begin in different aspects of their life. Architecture as one of the remarkable features in every society cannot be separated from nature. In architecture design...

Nature Inspiration for Support Vector Machines

We propose in this paper a new kernel, suited for Support Vector Machines learning, which is inspired from the biological world. The kernel is based on Gabor filters that are a good model for the response of the cells in the primary visual cortex and have been shown to be very effective in processing natural images. Furthermore, we build a link between energy-efficiency, which is a driving forc...

Future Antibiotic Agents: Turning to Nature for Inspiration

Does Nature Prefer Heterocycles?

Does Nature Prefer Heterocycles?