This experiment shows how to fold a square piece of paper into a water bomb (also known as an origami balloon). By carefully ...

Origami is a traditional Japanese art form where people create intricate designs by folding paper, but the technique can also keep people alive. Science and engineering professor Richard James and ...

When Larissa Novelino began her engineering career, she never imagined she’d spend her days folding paper. “I was never the crafty, artistic type,” Novelino said. “My mom still can’t believe I ended ...

Practitioners of traditional origami can fold tiny, colorful bits of paper and make high art. But the growing group of scientists who practice DNA origami can fold genetic code itself, creating ...

After suffering a stroke in 2019, Vuittonet struggled with mobility, coordination and speech. During his recovery at UAB Medicine’s Spain Rehabilitation Center, he continued his hobby of origami and ...

A new 3D printing technique can create paper-thin "magnetic muscles," which can be applied to origami structures to make them move.

Schools in central Iowa use origami to meet geometry standards for Iowa mathematics. It’s a fun and creative way to use mathematics with hands-on opportunities. One Johnston Middle School teacher took ...

PROVO — Brigham Young University student Kelvin (Zhongyuan) Wang's love of paper folding just led to a discovery that added a new chapter to an art form that can trace its roots back hundreds of years ...

A new 3-D printing technique can create paper-thin "magnetic muscles," which can be applied to origami structures to make them move.