BBCNews reports on new award winning research out of the UK. The article is titled Beetle defence inspires University of Leeds research with a subtitled of The deadly defence system of a tiny African beetle has inspired award-winning research into a new generation of technology. But check out who the Professor of Thermodynamics and Combustion Theory is who was the Professor leading the team and his inspiration. For more on the Bombardier Beetle click here.

"The 2cm (0.8in) long Bombardier beetle defends itself with toxic steam which it can blast up to 20cm (8in).

A team of scientists from the University of Leeds have developed a technology which is based on the beetle's spray mechanism.

They say it may lead to improvements in the automotive and health industries.

The team's work has received the outstanding contribution to innovation and technology title at the Times Higher Education awards in London.

The award was given to the university and the Swedish Biomimetics 3000 company, which has sponsored the project....

It said it could inspire new types of nebulisers, needle-free injections, fire extinguishers and powerful fuel injection systems....

The university's professor of thermodynamics and combustion theory, Andy McIntosh, who led the research team, said: "Nobody had studied the beetle from a physics and engineering perspective as we did, and we didn't appreciate how much we would learn from it."

This is wonderful news but what is even more interesting from a Christian/Creation science perspective is that Andy McIntosh is a young earth creationist. Answers in Genesis points this out in their News to Note page on January 8th.

We often conclude our reports on scientists who are imitating God’s designs with the sad note that they attribute those designs to evolution, not God. But that isn’t the case this time. In fact, the name Andy McIntosh may sound familiar, because McIntosh is not only an award-winning scientist, but also a young-earth creationist. The research therefore provides not only another fascinating look at the incredible complexity and sophistication of biological creation, but also a reminder that one can be a Bible-believing young-earth creationist and a top-notch scientist at the same time.

Here is Andy McIntosh web page bio at the University of Leeds where I found his picture.

Andy says, “I believe there is much more of nature’s secrets that we could learn from our great Creator if we looked with an eye to see design . . . it was such an experimental and entrepreneurial spirit that led Wilbur and Orville Wright 107 years ago this month, to successfully copy the wing control of birds and so fly a warp wing controlled flying machine to fly along Kitty Hawk beach, in North Carolina . . . the distance covered was approximately the length of a Boeing 747!”

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