/ Bio-inspired Content for 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis en /curiosity/news/snakeskin-inspired-pilings-could-stabilize-buildings <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Buildings, bridges and offshore infrastructure might one day stand on pilings modeled on snakeskin, based on research at the University of California, Davis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. With surfaces designed to move through soil more easily in one direction than the other, snakeskin pilings would be easier to drive into soil but difficult to pull out. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> May 24, 2021 - 12:35pm Andy Fell /curiosity/news/snakeskin-inspired-pilings-could-stabilize-buildings