WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The way that an earwig insect folds its wings could be applied to how engineers preprogram technology to perform certain tasks, according to research published on March 23 in ...

Insects that tuck away their wings using origami creases have inspired foldable structures for drones and solar panels that ...

Researchers have figured out how to make robotic bees using origami techniques that fold carbon and other materials together like a pop-up children's book. This new method will make it faster and ...

Every child knows about origami. The skill of this oriental art lies in folding a flat sheet of paper into different - and in some cases highly complex - structures. Examples of origami also exist in ...

(Nanowerk News) By merging the ancient art of origami with 21st century technology, researchers have created a one-step approach to fabricating complex origami structures whose light weight, ...

Those who struggle to fit a vacation wardrobe into a carry-on might learn from ladybugs. The flying beetles neatly fold up their wings when they land, stashing the delicate appendages underneath their ...

Most of us are pleased to make a paper plane that can fly, but one accomplished artist has taken the pastime of origami to the next level. Master of paper folding, Matthieu Georger, shows off his ...

"What we have here is the proof of concept of an integrated system for manufacturing complex origami. It has tremendous potential applications," said Glaucio H. Paulino, a professor at the School of ...

ATLANTA, GA—By merging the ancient art of origami with 21 st century technology, researchers have created a one-step approach to fabricating complex origami structures whose light weight, ...