It’s an ancient form of art, but now origami is providing modern solutions in the fields of space, engineering, mathematics and medicine. For one Canadian aerospace engineer, origami and its ability ...

Getting large equipment into space is no easy feat. At nearly £14,000 ($23,400) to send a kilogram into orbit, it's expensive, and room is always limited. To deal with the problem, Nasa has turned to ...

In the intricate and delicate folds of origami, lies not just an ancient art form, but the unfolding future of aerospace engineering. This traditional Japanese practice of paper folding, dating back ...

Future spacecraft and rockets may have softer landings thanks to technology inspired by origami, the Japanese art of folding. A research team created a paper model of a metamaterial — a highly ...

The ancient art of origami has inspired designs for numerous pieces of hardware on NASA missions, allowing scientists to pack more technology into smaller space-bound packages. For example, the agency ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Japanese scientists and origami masters hope to launch a paper airplane from space and learn from its trip back to Earth. It's no joke.

The code has been copied to your clipboard. Robert Salazar has been playing with origami, the Japanese art of paper folding, since he was 8 years old. When he sees a sheet of paper, his imagination ...

A cacophony of barking alerts me to the cardboard box delivered to my front door. Packed inside is a single sheet of white corrugated plastic folded into what looks like a large suitcase. My canine ...