Geometric Shapes Fold Themselves into Microscopic Building Blocks A tiny, self-folding dodecahedron may do more than impress an origami master. Inspired by self-assembling viruses and proteins, such ...

The ancient art of origami is well known for transforming sheets of paper and other foldable materials into complex 3D shapes. But now, chemical engineers have extended the centuries-old practice to ...

Inexpensive 3D printers often have a problem called "warpage," in which objects printed by them tend to curl up as they harden. Now, however, scientists have harnessed the power of warpage to create ...

Sheets of plastic that fold into tiny pyramids, boxes and spheres when water is added have been created by French researchers. They think the technique could one day be used to mass-produce the ...

Few innovations have had a bigger impact on the field of robotics than 3D printers. Parts that used to require a full machine shop and a crew of highly trained machinists can now go from CAD to ...

For decades, this question has bewildered biologists. Now, by studying Placozoa, scientists at Stanford University have ...