How this origami-inspired design managed to gain ‘It’ bag status in less than a decade By Roberta Schroeder and Natalie Hughes Flat pack’ usually conjures images of soulless shelving units, not ...

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Kirigami is the next level of origami. While origami is all about folding paper, kirigami takes it a step further by cutting ...

Happy Monday, DC! Petalpalooza lights up the Capitol Riverfront with cherry blossom fireworks this weekend. Also, two ...

“By adjusting the geometric parameters such as shape, size, and number of petals, the magnetic behavior can be switched and controlled,” says Valencia. As a result, the sensitivity of a ...

With the long-term goal of creating living cells from non-living components, scientists in the field of synthetic biology work with RNA origami. This tool uses the multifunctionality of the ...

A zero-g indicator in the form of an origami crane. Minutes after arriving in Earth orbit on Friday (March 14), the members of Crew-10 — SpaceX's 10th operational mission to the International ...

Chinese mathematician Wang Hong has solved an “infamous” geometry problem called the Kakeya conjecture within three dimensions. It is considered a breakthrough that could have implications for ...

Box pleating is arguably the standard framework of modern super-complex origami designs, as the creases are much more predictable and manageable than those found in the traditional 22.5 degree system ...