With origami, a single piece of paper can create a range of three-dimensional shapes It's a field that uses the hidden potential of origami techniques in objects ranging from tiny to massive in size.

This includes the Japanese arts of origami, where paper is folded to make different objects and designs, and kirigami, a method of cutting and folding paper to create three-dimensional shapes.

It's worth noting that even though hardware for robot platforms appears to be advancing at a steady pace (well, maybe not always ), creating a capable AI model that can pilot these robots autonomously ...

How Does DNA Origami Work? The creation of a specific nanostructure starts with its design, often utilizing advanced computational tools. A long, viral-origin scaffold strand of DNA is manipulated by ...

6 DNA origami is a nanoscale DNA folding technique whereby long, single-stranded pieces DNA self-assemble into two- and three-dimensional shapes. To coax the DNA into a specific shape, shorter ...

DNA is a super flexible and modular structure, meaning that with the right sequences, scientists can use it to create a vast array of structures of different shapes and sizes. The term DNA origami was ...

First, the complexity of creating highly-anisotropic DNA origami shapes often prevents exploration of potentially groundbreaking designs. Further, designs are often highly constrained in terms of ...

Foldable origami with uniform thickness to create load-bearing structures From left, Evgueni Filipov, an associate professor in both Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering ...

The technique can then be used to create shapes ranging from a map of North and South America to nanoscale transistors. In the new work, Rothemund and his colleagues used DNA origami to create a ...