INDIANAPOLIS, March 28, 2023 — The ancient art of origami is well known for transforming sheets of paper and other foldable materials into complex 3D shapes. But now, chemical engineers have extended ...

But one of the key hurdles when bringing origami or kirigami to engineering is that these techniques often make things rather ...

A tiny, self-folding dodecahedron may do more than impress an origami master. Inspired by self-assembling viruses and proteins, such dust-size 3D shapes could someday deliver medical drugs inside the ...

Researchers at Harvard have developed a new technique that uses origami to create foldable 3D shapes, an advance that could be the key to designing pop-up furniture, medical devices and even buildings ...

When we say that Erik Demaine has spent the best part of the past two decades folding paper into funny shapes, it’s a bit more impressive than it sounds. In fact, as an 18-year-old Ph.D. student (yes, ...