Scientists have developed a tiny, lightweight, shape-shifting platform that can hold a variety of environmental sensors and be dropped from drones to study far-flung locations. The design for the ...

Many plants naturally bend towards bright light. Now a robot has been built that copies a technique plants use to do the same thing. Creating a robot that can sense and adjust automatically to its ...

The folding pattern, known as the Miura-ori, is a periodic way to tile the plane using the simplest mountain-valley fold in origami. It was used as a decorative item in clothing at least as long ago ...

Meter-high paper sculpture, made of traditional Nanjing gold foil, snatches Guinness world title, reports Li Yingxue. In a remarkable feat of creativity and craftsmanship, origamist Pei Haozheng and ...

Researchers have developed an innovative new method for identifying biomarkers in wastewater using origami-paper sensors, enabling the tracking of infectious diseases using the camera in a mobile ...