Polytechnique Montréal engineers designed parachutes based on kirigami—cutting paper into intricate patterns—that can automatically adapt in mid-air. The design has the potential to make air ...

Bloom patterns could be useful, as engineers build folding structures to send to outer space. They’re also very pretty. Researchers have now found a new class of origami that they call bloom patterns, ...

These images may look like just pretty patterns, but they are visual representations of songs sung by whales and dolphins Credit: SPL / BARCROFT MEDIA The sounds were recorded by American engineer ...