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.

RNA’s single-stranded nature makes it amenable to forming complicated structures through folding. Using RNA nanotechnology, a single-stranded architecture (named RNA origami) was developed that ...

An origami-based structure will fold and twist in certain ways based on the structure's material properties and its geometry. When engineers prevent that natural motion, they call it "frustrating" the ...

Origami structures were folded from flat sheets of direct-printed titanium hydride ink, a technique pioneered by University of Illinois researchers. (Image Courtesy of Bok Yoep Ahn) Origami structures ...

Researchers develop hybrid kiri-origami structures that enable the fabrication of high-performance stretchable electronics using non-stretchable materials. (Nanowerk News) Stretchable electronics are ...

Load-bearing structures like bridges and shelters can be made with origami modules -- versatile components that can fold compactly and adapt into different shapes -- engineers have demonstrated. For ...

Thought LeadersEbbe Sloth Andersen, Ph.D.Associate Professor, iNANOAarhus University In this interview, AZoNano speaks with Associate Professor Ebbe Sloth Andersen from Aarhus University about a new ...

An origami-inspired tent had to be flexible enough to inflate, but sturdy enough to withstand the elements. (Image courtesy of Benjamin Gorissen/David Melancon/Harvard SEAS) Applied mathematics ...