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.

Engineers have designed an innovative tubular structural system that can be packed flat for easier transport and pop up into strong building materials. This breakthrough is made possible by a ...

When Larissa Novelino began her engineering career, she never imagined she’d spend her days folding paper. “I was never the crafty, artistic type,” Novelino said. “My mom still can’t believe I ended ...

A centuries-old Japanese art is set to revolutionize the manufacturing industry with origami printing. Origami is more than a hobby in the engineering world. Illustration by dzianis, Shutterstock ...

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, ...

The winners of the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge (Thermo Fisher JIC) were announced by Thermo Fisher Scientific and Society for Science. The top prize in the event, the $25,000 ...