Don Ingber and Chuck Hoberman: Adaptive Architecture conference keynote addresses

Daily Mail
Scientists have taken a leaf from the carnivorous pitcher plant to develop a super-slippery material which could be used for self-cleaning windows and the ultimate non-stick frying pan. Experts inspired by the pitcher plant's virtually frictionless leaves copied its molecular structure to create a material which repels almost all liquids...

Harvard Gazette
Biofilms may no longer have any solid ground upon which to stand. A team of Harvard scientists has developed a slick way to prevent the troublesome bacterial communities from ever forming on a surface...

The Guardian
Pouring your milk then eating the bottle sounds less than tempting, but edible packaging is being touted as food technology's next Big Thing. It's not entirely new, of course. Heston Blumenthal's been at it for years, wrapping palatable paper around packets of soup and urging us to eat salted caramels wrapper and all...