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 research team from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Montreal Polytechnique University has presented a new parachute concept inspired by the traditional Japanese art of paper cutting.

Engineers attempting to make solar energy more affordable for the average user have long faced a conundrum. Solar panels capture much more energy when they can shift to follow the movement of the sun ...

A metamaterial inspired by kirigami, the Japanese art of paper cutting, can support nearly 3000 times its own weight. Metamaterials have structures not found in nature, which can give them unusual ...