Screams filled the laboratory – screams, thankfully, of joy. Akib Zaman, a PhD candidate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) had just made a mini chair appear, seemingly out of nowhere. He ...

Bloom patterns could be useful, as engineers build folding structures to send to outer space. They’re also very pretty. Researchers have now found a new class of origami that they call bloom patterns, ...

When Larissa Novelino began her engineering career, she never imagined she'd spend her days folding paper. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. "I was never the crafty, ...

Miles Wu folded a variant of the Miura-ori pattern that can hold 10,000 times its own weight Ramsha Waseem | Freelance writer Wu’s innovation won the top prize of $25,000 at the 2025 Thermo Fisher ...

Origami is a traditional Japanese art form where people create intricate designs by folding paper, but the technique can also keep people alive. Science and engineering professor Richard James and ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. While most 14-year-olds are folding paper airplanes, Miles Wu is folding origami patterns that he ...

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From solar panels to nanoscale machines, physics applications of origami and kirigami have surged in recent years. Simon Perks reports (Courtesy: iStock/Li Kim Goh) We’ve all admired the delicate ...

When Larissa Novelino began her engineering career, she never imagined she’d spend her days folding paper. “I was never the crafty, artistic type,” Novelino said. “My mom still can’t believe I ended ...