From 21 to 29 September 2026, the Aachen Summer School will transform Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA) of RWTH Aachen University into a laboratory of the future: over the course of a week, students ...

When kids are building, creating, and imagining, it's always time well spent (and time when they're out of your hair).

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South Korean researchers have developed a next-generation solar technology that generates electricity stably even when folded ...

A modular, origami-inspired aquaculture system could help move seaweed farming into the open ocean, where strong currents and ...

Cornell lightsail mission produced the first free-flying lightsail deployment from a CubeSat-class spacecraft: gram-scale ChipSat flight computers separated from the host spacecraft, transmitted ...

Correspondent, "CBS News Sunday Morning" and "48 Hours" Tracy Smith is an award-winning correspondent for "CBS News Sunday Morning" and "48 Hours." Smith has covered a wide range of subjects, ...

Broad-beam ion etching folds flat nanostructures into 3D photonic devices across a 4-inch wafer while preserving speed, uniformity, and optical function. (Nanowerk Spotlight) 3D photonic devices face ...

Origami, the Japanese art of folding flat sheets of paper into three-dimensional figures, is the creative spark behind a new hybrid 3D printing technique. It allows structures to be created without ...

The maker collective curv lab spent six months developing a fully 3D-printable chassis for RC cars. Early prototypes quickly exposed weaknesses: drivetrain components failed under load, the suspension ...

Origami has become known as a miracle technique for designers. Elegant compliant mechanisms can leverage the material properties of a single geometry in ways that are sometimes stronger than those of ...

The amplituhedron, a shape at the heart of particle physics, appears to be deeply connected to the mathematics of paper folding. The amplituhedron is a geometric shape with an almost mystical quality: ...