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Biomimetic musculoskeletal humanoid
A biomimetic musculoskeletal humanoid is a humanoid robot whose jointed skeleton is moved by many tendon-like actuators, built to study human-like body mechanics and control.
Biomimetic nanoparticles
Biomimetic nanoparticles are drug-delivery particles that pair a synthetic nanoparticle core with biological material, usually a cell membrane, to gain immune evasion and tissue-specific targeting.
Biomimetic synthesis
Biomimetic synthesis is a chemistry approach that prepares molecules or materials by imitating living systems' strategies, from natural product biosynthetic logic to biologically templated mineralization, often with fewer steps than conventional routes.
Biomimetics
Biomimetics, also called biomimicry or bionics, is the process of solving engineering problems through knowledge from biological models, producing Velcro from burrs in 1941, gecko-inspired adhesives, shark-skin drag reduction, and the termite-cooled Eastgate Centre in Harare.
Biomineralization
Biomineralization is the process by which living organisms produce minerals to stiffen tissues, defend against enemies, or store material; in plants it is mostly silica deposited as phytoliths.
Biomining
Biomining: industrial use of acidophilic bacteria and archaea (bioleaching, biooxidation) to extract copper, gold, nickel, zinc, cobalt from low-grade sulfide ores; about 15% of world copper and 5% of gold.
Biomolecular and molecular decoherence
Biomolecular and molecular decoherence is the loss of quantum coherence in large molecules through coupling to thermal, solvent, and electromagnetic surroundings, typically within tens of femtoseconds.
Biomolecular condensate
Biomolecular condensates, also called membraneless organelles, form by liquid–liquid phase separation of proteins and nucleic acids. Examples include the nucleolus, stress granules, and P-bodies; they organize transcription, RNA processing, and stress responses, and their dysregulation is linked to neurodegeneration and cancer.
Biomolecule
Biomolecule (biological molecule): any molecule in organisms essential to biological processes. Includes macromolecules (proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids) and small metabolites; sequence determines structure and function.
Biomolecule encapsulation in ZIF-8
Biomolecule encapsulation in ZIF-8 traps proteins, enzymes, DNA, and drugs inside a zinc-based metal–organic framework, protecting them from heat and solvents while preserving their function.
Biomolecules
Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X) is a monthly peer-reviewed open-access MDPI journal founded in 2011 in Basel, covering bioactive and biogenic substances, biochemistry, and molecular biology; Q1 indexed in MEDLINE, Scopus, and SCIE.
Biomphalaria
Biomphalaria (Preston, 1910) is a genus of planorbid freshwater snails, intermediate hosts of Schistosoma mansoni. 34 species; American origin, trans-Atlantic spread to Africa; compatibility polymorphism with schistosomes drives schistosomiasis research.
Biomutant
Biomutant (バイオミュータント) is a 2021 open-world post-apocalyptic action RPG by Sweden's Experiment 101, published by THQ Nordic; martial arts combat, mutations, crafting, six tribes, two endings, later PS5, Series, and Switch versions.
Bion of Smyrna
Bion of Smyrna (Βίων ὁ Σμυρναῖος) was a Greek bucolic poet, probably active in the late 2nd century BCE, whose chief surviving work is the Lament for Adonis.
Bionano Genomics
Bionano Genomics is a San Diego genome-analysis company, listed on Nasdaq as BNGO, that sells optical genome mapping systems like Saphyr and Stratys for detecting structural variants in DNA.
Bioneer
Bioneer is a South Korean biotechnology company in Daejeon, founded in 1992 as the first startup spun out of the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology.
Bioness
Bioness is an American medical device company founded in 2004 in Valencia, California, by the Alfred E. Mann Foundation, making functional electrical stimulation devices for foot drop and hand paralysis.
Bionic (Christina Aguilera album)
Bionic, Christina Aguilera's fourth studio album (RCA, June 8, 2010), an electro-pop departure after Back to Basics; Metascore 56, US Billboard 200 number three, UK number one, later reassessed as ahead of its time.
Bionic leaf
The bionic leaf is an artificial photosynthesis system in which water splitting supplies hydrogen to bacteria that turn air CO2 into fuel, created by Daniel Nocera and Pamela Silver in 2015.
Bionic Woman (2007 TV series)
Bionic Woman (2007) is NBC's short-lived reimagining of the 1976–78 Lindsay Wagner series, starring Michelle Ryan as rebuilt bartender Jaime Sommers. Eight episodes aired before the WGA strike; it premiered to 13.91 million viewers and was cancelled in spring 2008.
Bionicle
Bionicle (BIONICLE), LEGO's 2001-2010 biomechanical action-figure line from Technic parts with a deep transmedia mythology; rebooted 2015, retired 2016; saved LEGO from financial crisis.
Bionics
Bionics, also known as biologically inspired engineering, derives engineering principles from natural systems and applies them to improved technology, with applications in robotics, medicine, prosthetics, and electronics.
Bioniq
Bioniq is a personalized supplement company founded in London in 2019 by Vadim Fedotov, agreed in 2026 to be acquired by Herbalife for up to $150 million.
BioNTech
BioNTech SE (BNTX), German biotech in Mainz founded 2008 by Sahin, Türeci, Huber; co-developed Comirnaty, the first approved mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, with Pfizer; now building an oncology pipeline toward a multi-product company by 2030.
Bionyra Pharma
Bionyra Pharma is a Paris-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical startup developing half-life extended antibodies for inflammatory bowel disease and atopic dermatitis, co-founded by Sofinnova Partners and CEO Frédéric Marrache.
Bioorganic chemistry
Bioorganic chemistry studies biomolecule structure and function using organic and physical chemistry methods. Its flagship journal Bioorganic Chemistry (Elsevier, founded 1971, ISSN 0045-2068) covers enzymes, nucleic acids, natural products, and medicinal chemistry; distinct from chemical biology and biochemistry.
Bioorthogonal catalysis
Bioorthogonal catalysis is the acceleration of bioorthogonal reactions inside living systems by adding a catalyst, most often a transition metal complex, enabling signal amplification and in situ prodrug activation.
Bioorthogonal chemistry
Bioorthogonal chemistry is a set of chemical reactions that selectively occur inside living systems without interfering with natural biology, central to biomedical imaging and drug delivery.
Bioorthogonal decaging
Bioorthogonal decaging is a chemical strategy in which a bond is broken inside a living system to release or activate a caged biomolecule or drug.
Bioorthogonal organelle labeling
Bioorthogonal organelle labeling is a chemical biology technique combining a chemical reporter on a target biomolecule with an organelle-restricted bioorthogonal reaction, allowing tags, visualization, and tracing in living cells.