Load-bearing structures like bridges and shelters can be made with origami modules -- versatile components that can fold compactly and adapt into different shapes -- engineers have demonstrated. For ...

Scientists have created origami-style graphene paper that can fold itself away. The breakthrough was made after scientists discovered a method of using heat and infrared light to move a thin graphene ...

The action that's been reserved for thin, flexible materials is about to get a boost. Researchers studying the ancient art of origami have figured out some new ways to make rigid, thick structures ...

A true master of The Force can fold her own lightsaber. Of course, it would help if she had instructions and pre-printed paper like those in Star Wars Origami: 36 Amazing Paper-folding Projects from a ...