Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Princeton researchers combined two disciplines to help designers create unique shapes. (CREDIT: Aaron Nathans) A termite mound ...

The simplicity and elegance of origami, an ancient Japanese art form, has motivated researchers to explore its application in the world of materials. New research from an interdisciplinary team, ...

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Engineers at the BYU Compliant Mechanisms Research Group created various foldable structures using origami engineering. These prototypes allow engineers to explore broad design spaces in the physical ...

An ancient art form has taken on new shape at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Origami, the Japanese tradition of paper-folding, has inspired a number of unique spacecraft ...

Robert Salazar has been playing with origami, the Japanese art of paper folding, since he was 8 years old. When he sees a sheet of paper, his imagination takes over and intricate animals take shape.

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. For most, origami is either a reflective, meditative pastime or a frustrating diversion, depending ...

Aerospace engineering professor Manan Arya refers to it as the “suitcase problem,” a challenge not of clothing but of fitting vast, deployable structures into the confined volume of a rocket fairing.