(Nanowerk News) The simplicity and elegance of origami, an ancient Japanese art form, has motivated researchers to explore its application in the world of materials. New research from an ...

The simplicity and elegance of origami, an ancient Japanese art form, has motivated researchers to explore its application in the world of materials. Inspired by origami, mechanical metamaterials -- ...

A team including Northwestern Engineering researchers produced small, 3D, origami-built metamaterials, successfully retaining the best properties without resorting to artifacts to enable folding.