BYU engineers have teamed up with a world-renowned origami expert to solve one of space exploration’s greatest (and most ironic) problems: lack of space. Working with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, ...

Researchers at Brigham Young University have discovered a new class of origami patterns called bloom patterns, which resemble ...

John Varrasi is a senior staff writer for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Featured engineers Mary Frecker and Larry Howell are ASME Fellows. Varrasi contributed this article to ...

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Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Design by Sara Fang. Buy this photo. Origami is the art of paper folding, where people can make ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Origami traditionally involves the creation of extremely delicate ...

Two medical engineering professors at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, have applied their knowledge of engineering and origami to developing surgical tools that can reduce the size of ...

A sheet of paper can bend, twist, and tear easily. But folded several times, it becomes stiff and can support objects many times its weight. That’s the basic idea behind “origami engineering,” an ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Hundreds of years ago, a marvel of modern engineering was born ...