Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a mathematical framework that can turn any sheet of material into any prescribed shape, ...

Borrowing a page from the Japanese paper-cutting art of kirigami, researchers have made tape that is 10 times as sticky as uncut tape but is also easy to pull free and then reuse (ACS Appl. Mater.

(Nanowerk News) Kirigami (also called "paper-cuts" or "jianzhi") is one of the most traditional Chinese folk arts. It is widely used in window decorations, gift cards, festivals, and ceremonies, etc.

Cutting kirigami-style slits in stretchy films could make for stickier bandages, heat pads, wearable electronics, according to a new study. Scraped up knees and elbows are tricky places to securely ...

A new technique that mimics the ancient Japanese art of kirigami may offer an easier way to fabricate complex 3D nanostructures for use in electronics, manufacturing and health care. Kirigami enhances ...

Designed by Masahiro Chatani and crafted by Jeff Rutzky, this kirigami (From the Japanese origami, "folding paper," and kiru, "to cheat with scissors") is an object of beauty. Though purely ornamental ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A team of engineers in Montréal has reinvented the parachute using kirigami, the ancient art of paper cutting. (CREDIT: Frédérick ...

A new form of robot unveiled this week could power daring search-and-rescue missions…by curling up at the first sign of heat. The “active kirigami” robots, developed by a team at North Carolina State ...

Anyone who has ever hurt their knee or elbow can attest to the particular frustration of trying to get a bandage to stick around a working joint. Scientists at MIT have developed a new type of bandage ...

Researchers have developed a mathematical framework that can turn any sheet of material into any prescribed shape, inspired by the paper craft termed kirigami (from the Japanese, kiri, meaning to cut ...