Origami has become known as a miracle technique for designers. Elegant compliant mechanisms can leverage the material ...

Studying one of the simplest animals, Stanford's Prakash Lab uncovered how it folds itself into complex shapes—revealing new ...

A dissertation study at the University of Jyväskylä (Finland) developed two-dimensional fishnet-like structures from DNA ...

DNA origami cages constrain individual proteins toward preferred orientations on electrodes, dramatically improving electrical measurement precision and enabling detection of subtle structural changes ...

Origami is all about folding paper into beautiful shapes and designs. African patterns take this art to another level by ...

Rising rates of heart rhythm problems are colliding with an aging population and crowded hospitals. At the same time, many ...

For an object we carry, curse, and replace with alarming regularity, the umbrella has barely evolved. Too small, too flimsy, ...

After a major natural disaster, one of the biggest challenges is how to quickly rebuild basic infrastructure. A lot of logistics are required to ship everything needed to build a bridge or house–and, ...

“Origami wasn’t available at a large scale in packaging applications,” says Jarmo Kouko, a research team leader at VTT, a research and technology company owned by the Finnish government. “I thought it ...

A colorful art installation is now on display at Galleria Dallas, but it is about much more than beauty. It is the work of two North Texas sisters who turned a family tradition into a global mission.