The amplituhedron is a geometric shape with an almost mystical quality: Compute its volume, and you get the answer to a central calculation in physics about how particles interact. Now, a young ...

A new family of origami shapes that unfold like flower petals could be used to design more effective structures in space, like telescopes or solar panels. Origami structures, based on the Japanese ...

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, ...

BYU Engineering is well known for origami-inspired research and innovations, including foldable antenna systems used in space. Recently, an undergraduate student made a significant discovery—a new ...

For those outside the chemistry cognoscenti, the announcement might have seemed little more than researchers patting each other on the back. But the question of protein folding had plagued scientists ...

Puyuan Fashion Town in Tongxiang, Zhejiang province, launches a variety of activities on Friday to welcome the summer holiday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] To welcome the summer holidays, a ...

A study published in Nature Communications presents a way to create deployable structures that transform from compact folded states into expansive configurations with perfectly smooth surfaces.

Origami is the Japanese art of folding paper into intricate shapes: plants, animals, everyday objects, abstract art… the possibilities are virtually endless. The practice evolved over the centuries ...

Nobody talks about the absolute bizarreness of graduation, so let’s do that. So, they did the thing. They wore the robe, crossed the stage, probably took a million photos, and now they're officially a ...

Congratulations—you’ve made it to the end of your academic career (at least this era of it)! Now comes the deceptively hard part: finding the best graduation dresses. The goal is something cute and ...