Origami paperwork creates delicate sculptures through intricate folds. Each crease has to add to the work while preserving the structural and artistic contributions of each prior movement. The actions ...

Scientists have developed software that makes it easier to predict the three-dimensional shape that will result from a given DNA template. While the software doesn't fully automate the design process, ...

The starting point for origami, the art of folding paper, is the Japanese culture but as this became a complex form of art its influence and popularity grew worldwide.

If it weren’t for being so lightweight and crisp in their facets, Goran Konjevod’s elegant vases could at first glance be ...

A new ultrathin quantum dot light-emitting diode (QLED) that bends and creases like a piece of origami paper could be ideal for next-generation displays and foldable mobile phones. The device was made ...

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 ...

Artist Sipho Mabona has taken origami to the next level by creating a life-sized paper elephant! The oversized animal was folded from one single, albeit giant, piece of paper. Mabona raised the ...

A bright yellow sheet is carefully folded with precise hand movements, forming clean and symmetrical edges. The smooth paper ...