Researchers find a new set of geometric motifs that can create self-locking, lightweight, durable structures out of soft materials. The kirigami-inspired designs can support 14,000 times their weight ...

(Nanowerk News) The ancient arts of origami, the art of paper-folding, and kirigami, the art of paper-cutting, have gained popularity in recent years among researchers building mechanical ...

A new approach to producing metamaterials draws on kirigami techniques to make three-dimensional, reconfigurable building blocks that can be used to create complex, dynamic structures. Because the ...

Now, Cornell researchers have turned the unique material towards kirigami, which is similar to origami, but allows for both the cutting and folding of material. After first using a laser cutter to ...

ST. LOUIS — The City Museum’s “Snowflake Lady” is still clipping and creating, and recently released a book detailing how to create “snowflakes” using your favorite creatures as the basis for the ...

We can soon look forward to the end of plasters that refuse to cling on to elbows and knees, thanks to a team of MIT scientists. We’ve all been in the situation where a scratch on the knee sees us ...

Image showing how the team applied their method to map the internal trajectories of the rotating units in kirigami specimens. Credit: Qiao et al. Image showing how the team applied their method to map ...

The Japanese art of origami (from ori, folding, and kami, paper) transforms flat sheets of paper into complex sculptures. Variations include kirigami (from kiri, to cut), a version of origami that ...