Miles Wu, 14, won a $25,000 award for his research project combining origami and physics. He measured the weight that Miura-ori origami patterns can hold across various benchmarks. Wu said the pattern ...

For Richard Gordon, origami is like a piece of music. While an individual fold may not be particularly impressive, many together can make the paper sing. A floppy sheet can transform into a flapping ...

Engineers are using origami-inspired folding patterns to create deployable structures that shrink down flat and then expand into functional shapes in space, architecture and robotics. What really ...

Researchers have folded their way into a groundbreaking new family of origami patterns. Dubbed bloom patterns, because they resemble flowers as they unfold, the new class of origami shapes holds great ...

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 ...

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DETROIT ARSENAL, Mich. — When the Soldiers training at the Tank-automotive and Armaments Command’s Fort Lee Forward Maintenance Expansion were faced with a shortage of masks early in the COVID-19 ...

TAMPA, Fla. — During the coronavirus pandemic, we are asked to wear a mask to fight against the virus. People across the country have created mask businesses with different styles and designs. One ...

MENOMONIE — In the lower level of the Memorial Student Center, Monday evenings means mask-making for some University of Wisconsin-Stout students. While some of them cut fabric, others pin it together.

After sitting idle for several decades, a nearly 100-year-old sewing machine has been put to good use during the COVID-19 pandemic.Giselle Williams' hairstyling and knitting businesses came to a ...