Emergency shelters can take hours, or days, to construct. This foldable origami-inspired shelter can be set up in a matter of ...

Non-recyclable, non-biodegradable, petroleum-based EPS (expanded polystyrene) foam packaging is not eco-friendly stuff. There ...

In a world where concrete is as ubiquitous as air, its environmental toll is impossible to ignore. The production of cement, ...

At some point, most of us have learned a little of the ancient art of origami. It’s a fascinating ... The mechanism is based on the Yoshimura crease pattern, which can be quickly modeled with ...

6 DNA origami is a nanoscale DNA folding technique whereby long ... sequences were needed to instruct the scaffold strand to fold into the desired shape or pattern. In his one-pot method, Rothemund ...

Concrete's strength and structural integrity come not only in its material properties, but also from how it's molded during construction. An architecture student has devised a clever way to build ...

There is a unique art exhibition show held in the suburbs of San Francisco.

Fynn Jackson creates these intricate origami faces. They're made by improvising folds with paper. Once a crease pattern is finalized, he'll create a folding guide. This kinetic display moves like ...

The shorter strands provided instructions for the large molecule to twist and fold, forcing it to hold a desired shape. Using DNA origami, the team designed 2D triangle-shaped building blocks that ...