Origami is no longer just an art form — it has become a powerful tool in modern engineering. By studying how flat surfaces ...

The tiny robots start out flat, thin wafers of layered silicon, gold and plastic. It’s the heat created by an electric current that makes them fold along etched grooves, bending themselves into ...

The sign on the wall behind Suyi Li's desk at Clemson University has a picture of a paper swan and a quick dash of motivation, "Keep calm and origami on." The ancient art of paper folding is showing ...

Hanqing Jiang receives funding from the National Science Foundation. Zirui Zhai does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from ...

A sturdy, lightweight, powerful clamp, but without bolts or rivets... a dream. A one-piece switch? Let's see! A 25m2 panel ...

The art of origami goes back centuries -- enough time to explore every possible crease that can be made in a sheet of paper, one might think. And yet, researchers have now found a new class of origami ...