Kirigami is an ancient Japanese art of paper cutting that transforms simple sheets into intricate designs. Unlike origami, ...

(Nanowerk News) The art of paper cutting may slice through a roadblock on the way to flexible, stretchable electronics, a team of engineers and an artist at the University of Michigan has found. In ...

The future of wireless technology -- from charging devices to boosting communication signals -- relies on the antennas that transmit electromagnetic waves becoming increasingly versatile, durable and ...

Engineers created a laser-cut Mylar disc that drops with surprising precision, promising safer, cheaper parachute system for ...

Traditionally, when it comes to high-tech self-assembling microscopic structures for use in medicine delivery, and refined, delicate grippers for robotics, there’s been a dearth of effective, ...

Kirigami is a Japanese art form that involves cutting paper to create three-dimensional structures. Researchers at MIT have created a new type of stent that can be used inside the human body that was ...

A new, cutting-edge concept for solar panels started with two tools: paper and scissors. Inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, researchers at the University of Michigan have created a lattice-like ...

A team of engineers in Montréal has reinvented the parachute using kirigami, the ancient art of paper cutting. (CREDIT: Frédérick Gosselin) A humble concept from ancient Japanese design might remake ...